Steve et al,
Nonpareil has eight holes thru the hull. The one more that I have than your
boat is the depth sounder. Last year I replaced all my Signet instruments with
Tack Tick instruments. The transducer that came with the new package is
actually a tri-ducer. It measures speed depth and temperature. It was
manufactured by Airmar, who I understand makes the majority of transducers for
different instrument manufacturers. Is there any chance you could get a
combination transducer instead of having to drill another hole?
By the way, this tri-ducer is located under the v berth right next to the head
discharge.
Also on your list of holes in the bottom. Don't you have a head discharge?
When you list a head drain, I think you are talking about the head sink.
Tom Anderson
C&C 32 Nonpareil
Marblehead MA
From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Stevan
Plavsa
Sent: February 13, 2014 10:07 AM
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Subject: Stus-List Drill another hole?
Hi All,
I installed depth and speed last season and I re-used the old through-hull
transducer (no hole) and that works fine. However, that transducer is
located under the starboard settee (the one forward of the nav station) and
because it needs to be encased in mineral oil (or whatever it is in there)
it's in a big piece of pipe right in the middle of that storage area.
Needless to say, I don't use that storage area very much and I would like
to.
I've also had some problems with the depth instrument, sometimes it stops
reading and I suspect the old cable or the transducer.
My thinking is to drill a new hole in the hull up forward (currently it's
next to the keel), and install the thru-hull that came with the unit and run
the new wire. I'm hoping that this will achieve two things:
better working depth instrument (with full range)
a usable storage compartment (valuable on my small boat)
Now my question to you all: is it worth the trouble? Drilling a hole in the
boat is typically avoided and I already have the following holes:
Engine raw water intake
Two scuppers
Galley drain
Head drain
Head intake
Speed thru-hull
That would make eight with a new hole. Too many?
I've replaced almost all of the thru-hulls and original gate valves with new
bronze thru-hulls and proper seacocks.
Thanks,
Steve
Suhana, C&C 32
Toronto
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