<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466924220161_3102"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466924220161_3101">Yes it would & it might show a boat hull if it just happened</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466924220161_3104" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466924220161_3103">to be within it's cone, but it seems an expensive, less reliable</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466924220161_3122" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466924220161_3121">& more difficult option to set up than a pressure gauge, which would also tell you</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466924220161_3120" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466924220161_3132">what depth you are. </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466924220161_3204" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466924220161_3203">I have mentioned this idea, but will repeat it.... If you build a small view port</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466924220161_3225" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466924220161_3224">about 2" diameter & place a fiberglass disk about 1/2" in it, you could mount </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466924220161_3227" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466924220161_3233">your transducer on the inside of your hull & "shoot through" the fiberglass.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466924220161_3242" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466924220161_3275">Google "shoot through hull transducer" if you are interested.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466924220161_3281" dir="ltr"><span>Cheers Alan</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466924220161_3282" dir="ltr"><span></span><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466924220161_3022"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466924220161_3026" style="display: block;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466924220161_3025" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466924220161_3024" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466924220161_3023" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466924220161_3164" face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, June 26, 2016 6:38 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] progress report<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466924220161_3152"><br><div id="yiv0402756539"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466924220161_3155"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466924220161_3154" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466924220161_3163">Alan, What do you mean "pressure gauge" , wouldn't the sonar bounce off the surface of the water?</div><div> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466924220161_3153">Brian<br clear="none"><br clear="none">--- personal_submersibles@psubs.org wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">From: Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><br clear="none">To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><br clear="none">Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] progress report<br clear="none">Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2016 05:08:24 +0000 (UTC)<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv0402756539yqt1268161075" id="yiv0402756539yqt92462"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466924220161_3162" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1466924220161_3161"><span>Brian,</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>if you wanted to save money you could just buy the transducer & mount it on your sub</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>& take the display module from your boat whenever you needed it.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>I am waiting to hear back from Navico about the suitability of their forward scanning transducer</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>with regard to depth rating or it's ability to shoot through a fiberglass enclosure.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>This would be a good option if it works out, as it gives collision avoidance at a reasonable price.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>I don't think there would be any advantage scanning upward, over a pressure gauge that gives you</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>depth readings. </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>Alan</span></div><div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> </font><hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> PSubs <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> <br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, June 26, 2016 3:55 PM<br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [PSUBS-MAILIST] progress report<br clear="none"> </div> <div><br clear="none"><div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div>Just bought a Garmin echoMap Chirp 44dv mapping gps and sonar for my sailboat , I'm thinking maybe getting another one for the sub ! I wonder if you had the transducer on a swivel what the image would look like pointing to the surface ?</div><div> </div><div> <a href="https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/on-the-water/fishfindergpscombos/echomap-chirp-44dv/prod529866.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/on-the-water/fishfindergpscombos/echomap-chirp-44dv/prod529866.html</a></div><div> </div><div>Also, I've got another sailboat keel ( solid lead ! ) lined up to get for next week ! It's off of a 29' Ericson, it's a pity, this boat is being demolished because they didn't pay their slip fee ! Nothing wrong with the boat. </div><div> </div><div>It's probably a good 3000 lbs of lead ! .50/lb</div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Cheers,</div><div> </div><div>Brian </div></div></div><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br clear="none"><a href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br clear="none"><a href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div>_______________________________________________
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