[Rhodes22-list] Thru Hull Depth Sounder Recommendations

[Mary Lou Troy]

It's been a long time since I've made this comment but I will put it 
out there again for those who have never seen it. For the rest this 
will sound like a broken record. The "centerboard depth sounder" is 
all well and good and in fact works better than a lazarette mounted 
depth sounder IF all you want to do is keep from running aground. 
However a depth sounder has many more uses and for these other uses, 
it doesn't matter where it is located - it can be   forward under the 
head, in the lazarette or where ours is located - on the transom. Our 
favorite uses for our depth sounder are: to see what the depth is 
where we plan to anchor and for navigating  - knowing when you are in 
or out of a dredged channel, working your way down a coast or around 
a point by keeping to a specific depth contour on a chart, making a 
turn for a mark when you cross into a specific depth in order to 
avoid a hazard, trying to figure out if that barge that is way out of 
the channel will have to turn or run aground before he gets to where 
you are - and because ours is a fishfinder - seeing the bottom 
contours. If we had it programmed to do so, we could even see if 
there were fish below but we don't. On the Chesapeake, we are rarely 
concerned about running aground but we are always navigating and use 
the depth sounder constantly.

Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Rock Hall, MD




At 09:04 AM 7/24/2009, you wrote:
>Thanks all.  I believe the Norcross Hawkeye is what I was looking 
>for at a reasonable price without drilling through the hull.  As 
>Rummy points out there are a lot of new and improved depth and knot 
>set up that connect wirelessly; however, they bust the budget at 
>well over 6 or 7 hundred dollars.
>
>We used Stan's centerboard depth sounder on our '86 and it works 
>very well.  We've just become "gizmo happy."
>
>Appreciate the help.
>
>Bob
>
>
>
>
>________________________________
>From: Ron Singerman <sail at tds.net>
>To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 7:12:29 AM
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Thru Hull Depth Sounders
>
>Bob and Kathy,
>
>I have the Norcross Hawkeye "in hull" depth meter ( about $95).  It is
>mounted in the lazarette and the read out is on the starboard bulkhead. I
>did the installation myself and it was fairly easy.  The instructions that
>Norcross supplies are excellent.
>
>Fair winds,
>
> >>ron<<
>S/V Serenity
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bob and Kathy Quinn" <bobandkathyr22 at bellsouth.net>
>To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 9:05 PM
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Thru Hull Depth Sounders
>
>
>Need some help. As we have been off of the list for some time, I am having
>difficulty locating the Q&A section. We are specifically looking for a
>recommendation on a thru hull depth sounder (one that does not need a hole
>drilled in the hull). We know that we have read about them on this list in
>the past but neglected to save the information. Sorry.
>
>Any help appreciated. Many thanks.
>
>Bob and Kathy
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