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Where to mount depth finder/fish locator on tiller boat?
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<blockquote data-quote="GrandpaMike" data-source="post: 450796" data-attributes="member: 23536"><p>Hello again and happy Saturday! </p><p></p><p> Should be the first warm Saturday of the year and I'm looking forward to making some progress on the boat today.</p><p></p><p>I bought a used fish locator. I don't expect it to actually find fish, but I do want to know depth and see if there is any structure on the bottom and it will do that.</p><p></p><p>In any boat I've been in, it was extremely useful to see the depth while under power to know where we were on topo maps or to avoid shallow surprises.</p><p></p><p>With a tiller motor, where is a good place to mount the display? The cable length is going to limit me from going too far forward. The transducer mounting block is in the stern on the port side.</p><p></p><p>Trolling motor will be bow mounted, but control pedal is wireless, so no cable length restriction on that control.</p><p></p><p>Driver's seat will be on the starboard side of the furthest bench to the stern in the photo. There is a little shelf on the port, stern with the electrical switches and this is where the power is for the unit. Initially planned to mount it there but would be looking backward to see it.</p><p></p><p>Maybe that's OK, but it seems awkward.</p><p></p><p>Thoughts?<img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180421/5ce41dc65695e3985dda3a325cb0e134.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GrandpaMike, post: 450796, member: 23536"] Hello again and happy Saturday! Should be the first warm Saturday of the year and I'm looking forward to making some progress on the boat today. I bought a used fish locator. I don't expect it to actually find fish, but I do want to know depth and see if there is any structure on the bottom and it will do that. In any boat I've been in, it was extremely useful to see the depth while under power to know where we were on topo maps or to avoid shallow surprises. With a tiller motor, where is a good place to mount the display? The cable length is going to limit me from going too far forward. The transducer mounting block is in the stern on the port side. Trolling motor will be bow mounted, but control pedal is wireless, so no cable length restriction on that control. Driver's seat will be on the starboard side of the furthest bench to the stern in the photo. There is a little shelf on the port, stern with the electrical switches and this is where the power is for the unit. Initially planned to mount it there but would be looking backward to see it. Maybe that's OK, but it seems awkward. Thoughts?[img]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180421/5ce41dc65695e3985dda3a325cb0e134.jpg[/img] Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk [/QUOTE]
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