We have a similar Humminbird set up. Great system. ----- Original Message ----- From: "William B. Riker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'For and about Montgomery Sailboats'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 3:12 PM Subject: RE: M_Boats: Depth/Fish Finder For M15
> Living in landlocked Pittsburgh, I don't sail my 15 enough to justify a wet > cell electrical system. But I found a fish finder, Pirhana 1 by > Hummingbird, that works on AA cells. Amazingly, it will run many hours > (20-30+) on a set of batteries (4, I think.) > > The transducer hangs from a suction cup that mounts on the transom beside, > or right ahead of the rudder. No problems when heeling. No holes in the > boat. Great performance. Low cost, about $125. Everyone has their winners > and losers. The Pirhana 1 is definitely one of my winners. > > Bill Riker > M15 - #184 > Storm Petrel > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Howard Audsley > Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 8:17 AM > To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats > Subject: Re: M_Boats: Depth/Fish Finder For M15 > > I have a Garmin 168...combination depth finder and GPS....with crude charts. > On my lake it's overkill, but on bigger water like the Chesapeake, it really > helps. ID a navaid and go straight to it, and you can watch the depth on the > same screen as you move along. It even has tide tables built in. > > One advantage of a "fish finder" unit, instead of a digital readout depth > finder, is that once you learn how to read it, you can predict what the > bottom is...soft mud, rock, weeds, etc. Useful when deciding where to > anchor. It's the greyline or whiteline feature. > > If the unit you mention is one of those things where you hang a post with > transducer on the end of it over the side...or off the transom, I'm not sure > how well that would work on a boat that is heeling. And you have the rest of > the unit still sticking up for lines to hang up on. > > On a regular unit, you can mount the transducer to the inside of the hull > simply by pressing it into a puddle of silicone sealant (about 1 inch high x > 2" around). It will shoot right through the hull and give you a good signal. > Not as clear as if it was shooting in the water, but good enough for sailing > purposes. > > Howard > > On 8/24/04 8:37 PM, "Peter Deffenbacher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello all! > > I would like to know if anyone with an M15 has ever used a Depth/Fish > > Finder on their boat. > > I am leaning to the Fishin' Buddy 2255 by Bottom Line because it is > > removable. I don't want to drill a hole in the Hull. > > Anyone can email off line it they would like. > > I also would like to hear more sailing adventure stories too if you have > > them. I don't have too many myself yet! > > Thanks, > > Peter > > Peanut M15 618 > > "Its better to have feet then no shoes" It's raining here quite heavy! > > _______________________________________________ > > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
