Depth Sounder Location

tikvah59 · Post by **tikvah59** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 3:35 pm

Hi Folks,

I'd like to know where people have successfully mounted depth sounders inside the hull of a Triton. I own #59 built in 1959 or 1960.

I have a Uniden QT-206 which I temporarily mounted under the v-berth on the port side, just ahead of the bulkhead and as close to the centerline as the furniture would allow. That worked to a degree, but the readings tended to fluctuate wildly and were no good at all on a starboard tack.

I tried to build up a platform next to the center line just abaft the water tank. The sounder didn't work at all there, perhaps because the density of the platform was not the same as the hull.

Thanks for your help,

Mark

bcooke · Post by **bcooke** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 5:40 pm

I own #59 built in 1959 or 1960.

FWIW, both hull #'s 52 and 55 have been reported as being built in 1960. Some Tritons, as you probably know, were built out of sequence however.

As for the best location?... Mine was located aft at the aft end of the starboard settee. I never had a problem with it.

Mike (#78) has a pretty interesting installation up forward that I have never heard him talk about. I would be interested in what he has to say.

-Britton

Hirilondë · Post by **Hirilondë** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 6:20 pm

They make transducers now that aim at an angle from the face rather than square to it. If you estimate the angle from horizantal of the hull where you want it, you pick the model that closest meets that angle. This way you don't need a fairing block to correct the whole unit.

I use one and like it a lot.

Figment · Post by **Figment** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 10:08 pm

bcooke wrote: Mike (#78) has a pretty interesting installation up forward that I have never heard him talk about.

The interior was the fun part. the transducer I used has a short-ish stem, so I had to carve down into the meat of the keel to make a base for the collar to bear against.

Oh and then I had to cut, bevel, and splint the water tank outlet to dodge it around the transducer head.

Looking back on it now, it seems like I made it a lot more work than it had to be, but I confess a certain amount of perverse pride in having the fairest hull in the boatyard (including a 3 year old hunter!).