mounting a garmin 140 on a P13.

[musket]

Hi all,

Finally got myself a fishfinder in this cold and quiet time.Ended up with a 140 dual beam garmin.

I pondered where to site it and ended up realising the best spot for me was the far cup holder.

I overcame the problem of it being a deep and difficult spot by making a giant spacer out of a section of swimming toggle and a piece of yellow(goes quite well with the green)chopping board-97p from tesco.

It helped that the base for this display unit is circlar.

[musket]

I meant circular!!

But I saved the best bit until last.........

Tried out the ff over some new ground and look what popped up_SIMON!!!!!!

[Yakity - Yak - u.k.]

Hiya Musket.

 

Looking good there me dear.

You could have washed the Kayak before you started

How are you going to store the battery?

 

Bill.

[musket]

Hmmmm.not as clever as I thought I was.

Simon____

 

[Yakity - Yak - u.k.]

ooops.......you have already fitted and tried, thought you were in the throws of fitting, didnt realise youd been out and tried it.

How did you find the performance and ease of use ?

[musket]

Gor bu**er I'm as inept at this as he is...

Yakitty,

As to cleaning my yak,If It gets me out there and I catch ...hey,the rest is just detail

Jon

[darnsarf]

Musket, nice job........oh and a great signature. Who's the quote by?

[richi]

Thankyou so much Musket I think you've just solved it for me too.Did you use a cable gland to pass the wires through?Have fun on your trial run

[Zzippy]

Nice one musket,good idea to make use of the cup holder.

I take it that plaice was cooked in 28c of water

[musket]

Richi,

I passed the wiring and the large connector through a rubber grommet, then glued a piece of the chopping board to the inside of the hull immediately behind the grommet.I had cut a slit in this piece so I could slide the wiring up it and this blanking plate virtually filled the hole.Next I filled up the middle of the grommet with black marine sealant.

Bill,

Have bedded a stout tupperware container for the battery next to the transducer in some marine sealant.

Darnsarf,

I'll try and find the whole quote for you.My version is a precis,there were too many words in the original.

Zzippy,

Nobody seems to take this global warming seriously do they!!

Hope to try it out over the weekend,

cheers Jon.