Hi Tom, I am indeed referring to the head sink! Suhana was commissioned in Lake Ontario, a no discharge zone. She's been here ever since. That tri-ducer sounds nice, I'll look into it. Maybe there's a bronze version and I can kill two .. nay .. three birds with one hole.
Steve www.sv-suhana.com Toronto On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Tom Anderson <t...@nonpareilracing.com>wrote: > 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<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 > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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