<< I enjoy sailing in Georgian Bay (eastern half of Lake Huron) where
everything is solid rock. Often the bottom will rise from great depths
to semi-submerged walls of granite. Navigation is sometimes akin to
walking a mine field. I was wondering if it would be possible to use
a fishfinder to "look" forward as well as down....so that I could know
when I was approaching one of these boat-stoppers. Something that
only looks down doesn't allow enough reaction time. If the trans-
whatchamacallit were tilted forward and were up closer to the bow
(perhaps at the front of the keel) maybe it would give me <a little> time
to react.
Any thoughts on the matter?
Tod Mills >>
Tod,
I think you could mount the transducer forward, just under the waterline,
inside the hull, pointing about 45 degrees forward and could get the effect
you want. I think if you used a slow cure epoxy to mount the transducer it
would 'see' through the hull easily enough (you would have to cut through the
liner or whatever else might be in the way of the inside of the hull).
Ralph Aeschliman
HMS-18 #67 Moby Duck
Flagstaff, AZ