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From: Tom Bodine <tbodine@seasick.sps.mot.com>
To: West Wight Potter p <wwpotter@tscnet.com>
Date: Thursday, April 22, 1999 2:08 PM
Subject: Wide-128 again
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> West Wight Potter Website at URL
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>Tom,
How far forward the centerboard did you mount it? If its in the cabin its on
the innershell floor and won't work. If its far forward accessable by the
big bilge hatch it may be out of the water at times, or have a bubble in the
epoxy, you did use slow cure epoxy?? In any case you probably now have a
conversation peice rather than a transducer. Be careful not to damage the
fiberglass of your hull trying to remove it. I saw that happen on a
powerboat some years ago. Hummingbird had Puck transducers on sale via
their website store area a month or two ago for 14.95, regular about $50. I
got one and may try to mount it in one of the cabinet areas but not where it
would come out of the water when heeled. This location would interfere with
batteries or water system. Anyone had a successful installation?
Good Luck
George Sweet
P-19 Sea Dove
Greenville SC
Hi
> The wide 128 saga continues.
>
> Last summer I bought the thing after I ran aground.
>
> Since I was worried about Knocking the sensor off
> when I put the boat on the trailer, and I wanted it to
> check the depth at the bow rather than the stern, I asked
> on this list about mounting options.
>
> Someone suggested using slow cure epoxy to mount the sensor
> to the hull forward of the centerboard. This I did. The
> unit shows that the sensor is connected, but the depth stays
> at zero always. So it seems to me I need to mount that sucker
> in the water and I got to get it off the hull without the epoxy
> still attached.
>
> Ideas?
>
>
># Regards Tom Bodine @
># Skipper "Frimi" P-19 #1019 ,-+-'
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