[C320-list] Routing depth transducer cable

[Jack Brennan]

Hi Stephen:

Actually, the face on the transducer is so old and damaged from hull scraping, etc., that it gets confused between silt in the water and the bottom.

Going into Boot Key Harbor in Marathon last spring, I read 0-2 feet all the way as powerboats and wind stirred up the bottom. Elsewhere, it would show me randomly bottoming out in shallow channels when I actually had four or five feet under the keel.

Jack Brennan
Sonas, 1998 Catalina 320
Tierra Verde, Fl.

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From: Stephen Cox
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2021 9:53 PM
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Routing depth transducer cable


> 
> So my next project is replacing a balky B&G depth sounder 
> with one that doesn't lie to me and say I'm in 2 feet of 
> water when I'm in 8 feet. It's original to the boat and ready 
> for retirement.
> 

Is it set to show depth under the keel rather than the true water depth?

Just a thought,

Stephen Cox
Tegwen #1141