fitting a fish finder on a sib

[ZEBRA]

fitting a fish finder on a sib

I wanted to fit a fish finder to the sib but several things are problematic with doing this i.e. how to fit the transducer my aim was to fit everything so I could remove it when the sib is being packed away so it needs to be a way of quickly removing everything and setting up to be just as easy




I made the transducer bracket from some scrap aluminium this would make it strong and rust proof and with the hump screws make it very quick to set up and remove



With the transducer mount removed it just leaves a small piece of aluminium box track on the transom of the sib



The transducer mount is easily removed for storage



When in place the transducer becomes adjustable to my desired depth



The fish finder head unit is mounted on a ball mount holder making it easy to adjust to any angle for viewing



Note the coiled surplus transducer cable securely wrapped with a couple of cable ties and popped on the ball mount for easy storage out of the way




The whole system comes off the sib ready for transporting.
It took me about 3 hours to make this bracket most of the time was spent shaping the aluminium but with this system I can attach the fish finder and transducer to the boat in less than 1 minute and remove it in the same time

[beeman]

Looks good, when are you fitting the whaling harpoon

I'll have to make sure when you anchor I anchor close to you.

Neil

[philpot]

A good design Terry and as you and I have already said, this way there is no wet/damp environment to get onto the cable connections if the transducer is left on the boat to say nothing of possible damage to wires and transducer when the boat is wrapped up and stored.

Phil

[davemak]

that's spot on mate, i may shamelessly steal your idea and make one myself