Hi all...
Looking to have a Lowrance HDS-9 installed to rid myself of the nearly 7 year old Garmin and Furuno plotter/FF units I have sitting on my dash. I think I've decided on the HDS-9, but I'm stuck when it comes to transducers.
The unit comes with side imaging as well as traditional sonar. I was figuring on a thru-hull B60 for the sonar, and the typical transom mount LSS-2 transducer for the side imaging.
A couple of problems though. First, I hate transom mount-anything. My Furuno is a well respected (if older) unit, the 600L, but coupled with a poorly mounted P66 it gave me seriously frustrating results. I'm somewhat apprehensive to mount the LSS-2 on the transom, in part because I have a notched transom and an outboard and I wonder what kind of clearance it'll have to see 180 degrees.
Then there's the B60. I wrote Grady to ask where the optimal location is to mount it thru-hull, and they mentioned just aft of the gas tank. Problem is, one of the prior owners decided to mount an extended water tank, which goes a little further aft than I think I'd like. That leaves me at the last deck hatch before the transom, which might be a little too far back to get sound readings underway (and the biggest issue for me is the fact that my current sounder won't read bottom if moving more than 5-10 kts, a serious limitation).
Does anyone have a similar hull and have a thru-hull transducer mounted that far back? Anyone with a side-imaging sonar unit have a similar transom mount situation that they'd be able to comment on?
Thanks!
-John
Looking to have a Lowrance HDS-9 installed to rid myself of the nearly 7 year old Garmin and Furuno plotter/FF units I have sitting on my dash. I think I've decided on the HDS-9, but I'm stuck when it comes to transducers.
The unit comes with side imaging as well as traditional sonar. I was figuring on a thru-hull B60 for the sonar, and the typical transom mount LSS-2 transducer for the side imaging.
A couple of problems though. First, I hate transom mount-anything. My Furuno is a well respected (if older) unit, the 600L, but coupled with a poorly mounted P66 it gave me seriously frustrating results. I'm somewhat apprehensive to mount the LSS-2 on the transom, in part because I have a notched transom and an outboard and I wonder what kind of clearance it'll have to see 180 degrees.
Then there's the B60. I wrote Grady to ask where the optimal location is to mount it thru-hull, and they mentioned just aft of the gas tank. Problem is, one of the prior owners decided to mount an extended water tank, which goes a little further aft than I think I'd like. That leaves me at the last deck hatch before the transom, which might be a little too far back to get sound readings underway (and the biggest issue for me is the fact that my current sounder won't read bottom if moving more than 5-10 kts, a serious limitation).
Does anyone have a similar hull and have a thru-hull transducer mounted that far back? Anyone with a side-imaging sonar unit have a similar transom mount situation that they'd be able to comment on?
Thanks!
-John