Another Newbie

[essex caper]

Hi Specimen I have the transducer fitted by the front hatch at the moment I'm using Polystyrene block which is glued in place and then the transducer is covered in Vaseline

which works really well. Starvinmarvin of course you can use pictures hopefully I'll have a double figure base to get me in the hall of fame.

[essex caper]

Hi Simon the long tubes and brackets are from B&Q they are 40mm waste pipes and come in a 2m length and cost about £5.50

[SpeciMan]

These tubes also come in black if thats your thing -- although a lot get sprayed a hi-vis colour

[Starvinmarvin]

Thanks Essex, look forward to that double figure Bass, hopefully I'll get there first.

[kelvindavies11]

im going to buy a cheapish fish finder, next week and what like some advice on models, installation etc.

 

is there a way that i can detatch the fish finder while transtation, and also how do i recharge the battery???

 

thanks,

kelvin

[Simon Everett]

Kelvin,

virtually all finders have a bracket mount which simply allows you to unscrew the mounting fastners and leaving the bracket in situ take the unit off. The cables are srcewed sockets, so they too come off and you just have to tidy the ends up for transport.

Recharge the battery by using your car battery charger - Halfords do a simple 6v / 12V one for about £15. Quite sufficient. Batteries can be any leisure battery, preferably gel type. Try looking in a shooting magazine (Countryman's Weekly is a good source) for a lamping gel battery - a 17 amp hour battery for use on a waist belt weighs about 5lbs and will give you about 5 or 6 hours from my calculations. DO NOT OVERCHARGE THEM. So don't just turn on and forget - keep an eye on the time !

[Starvinmarvin]

Kelvin,

 

The Humminbird's come with a quick release base, this means that you can remove the display at the press of a button, all the cables are held within the base, just push the display back on the mount until it clicks and away you go.

 

I use a 3.3 amp battery (Maplin £14.99) they do a charger for it at, be careful because they are for fixed amps make sure you get the right one, I get several days fishing from a single charge.

 

Check out Project Caper on my website it gives full installation instructions with details of the fittings.

 

http://www.anglersafloat.co.uk/KayakProjec...Fishfinder.html

 

SM

[kelvindavies11]

thanks for that

kelvin

[Simon Everett]

That's interesting Dave. I think I might get one of those small ones for the P13. I have the Raymarine gorgeous piece of kit but am saving it for the Dorado - bigger ambitions with that one. Anyone for Cuba? At 4.5 knots average I reckon we could make it in about 4 weeks Provided we didn't get distracted by the excellent fishing off Iceland and Greenland