[C320-list] Height of Keel?

[Martin Rosenberg]

David,
  I think that you're referring to the *draft *and not the *keel*.  The
keel offset is the distance between the sensor and the bottom of the keel.
The part that hits the bottom first.
Martin

On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 12:35 AM David Veeneman <davidv at veeneman.com> wrote:

> I just put in a new depth sounder (actually, a Garmin Panoptix on a Garmin
> 8610 chartplotter) on my boat and the setup gives me the option of a keel
> offset, which I want to use. The User Manual (8610 Manual p. 59) says to
> "measure the [vertical]  distance from the transducer to the [bottom of
> the] keel." The words in brackets are my interpretation of the
> instructions. In my case, the transducer is mounted very close to the
> centerline of the boat, just ahead of the keel, so the height of the keel
> should give me a pretty accurate offset.
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> Sailrite has the keel itself as 4’ 3”. Does that sound right for an
> offset? Any thoughts or suggestions greatly appreciated.
>
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> David Veeneman
> Dana Point, CA
> SV Adelante, C320 #131
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