mattyd
26-05-2017, 05:53 PM
I went out and bought a new RayMarine Dragonfly 7 Pro Sonar/GPS unit today at the Whitworths sale (15% everything) as I felt the replacement of our original Navman 4430 sounder was long overdue. She's 11 years old and finally gave out on us today.
I wanted to get a few opinions on where to mount the transducer. The stepped hull of our 2006 Freedom Escape is making it difficult to decide where to mount it so it's still in contact with water while planing.
The old Navman holes you will see in the attached photos were very low and to the centre, and as a result we were continually bashing the poor thing frequently when the rear of the boat came in contact with sand, rock or boat ramps. We must have gone through about 10 ceramic paddle wheels before they stopped making them on the old girl!
Any advice appreciated (**through-hull mounting is not an option).
Cheers,
Matt
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I wanted to get a few opinions on where to mount the transducer. The stepped hull of our 2006 Freedom Escape is making it difficult to decide where to mount it so it's still in contact with water while planing.
The old Navman holes you will see in the attached photos were very low and to the centre, and as a result we were continually bashing the poor thing frequently when the rear of the boat came in contact with sand, rock or boat ramps. We must have gone through about 10 ceramic paddle wheels before they stopped making them on the old girl!
Any advice appreciated (**through-hull mounting is not an option).
Cheers,
Matt
Refer pics:
115742115741