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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Gordon,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><B>I have an in hull transducer (#169) and it
works ok. I can't say much about the loss of depth since I sail in
Lake Erie. However, up to 80' I don't have a
problem.</B></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><B>Pete-----Original
Message-----</B><BR><B>From: </B>Gordon E. White <<A
href="mailto:gewhite@crosslink.net">gewhite@crosslink.net</A>><BR><B>To:
</B><A href="mailto:alberg30@onelist.com">alberg30@onelist.com</A> <<A
href="mailto:alberg30@onelist.com">alberg30@onelist.com</A>><BR><B>Date:
</B>Monday, December 07, 1998 5:13 PM<BR><B>Subject: </B>[alberg30] Re:
bottom <BR><BR></DIV></FONT>One more "bottom" question:
<P> My depth sounder died, bad transponder. Now that
<I>Brigadoon II </I> is out of the water I am replacing it. The one I
had been using was a Standard Electronics thru-hull type with a nice faired
block on the bottom, but after removing the nut on the inside it does not
slide out easily and will require probably destroying it to remove. I think
it is a little larger than the current "Standard" part. Before
blasting it out and possibly ending up with a hole in the bottom that
currently-available units will not fit, I have been looking at replacements.
<BR> There are available both the old-style thru-hull
plastic units <U>and</U> a puck with a beveled edge you glue to the inside
of the hull that reads through the fiberglass. Apparently the inside the
hull units work ok except for possibly a little deep-water loss of depth
sensitivity. <BR> However, the Alberg hulls being heavier
than the later Clorox bottles I'd like to know who has a sounder transponder
that reads on the inside of the hull and how well it works?
<BR> My boat also had a prior owner's home-made inside the
hull transponder that was no longer in use (wire cut off) so I am
suspicious.
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Thanks,
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Gordon White, A 275 </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>