shoot-through or drill-through transducer

[AndreasW]

I am ready to add the Fishfinder capabilities to my Raymarine C80 on my 320 Sundancer. It is obviouly easier to do the shoot through transducer, but is any of the two better?

Thanks,

 

[Y Knot]

I've used and am using shoot through the hull transducers and they work great. I don't like drilling holes in a boat for some reason.

 

[Go Aweigh2452]

I am ready to add the Fishfinder capabilities to my Raymarine C80 on my 320 Sundancer. It is obviouly easier to do the shoot through transducer, but is any of the two better?

Thanks,

Just damn up a small area and place the transducer in the water in your bilge and try it at the location you want to ensure there are no air gaps in the hull at that location. Unless you go with the newer transducers, you will only miss speed and temperature by using a shoot thru verses bottom or transom mount...

 

[AndreasW]

Just damn up a small area and place the transducer in the water in your bilge and try it at the location you want to ensure there are no air gaps in the hull at that location. Unless you go with the newer transducers, you will only miss speed and temperature by using a shoot thru verses bottom or transom mount...

I am getting speed and temperature with my Smartcraft transducer already. I only need the pretty fishfinder picture :smt001

 

[Y Knot]

my lowrance sonar/gps works great shooting it through the hull.

 

[gerryb]

wish there was a way to split the factory transducer so it send a signal to the smartcraft AS WELL AS a MFD with sonar unit... I would image you can disconnect the factory ducer and connect to the sonar unit and use that for depth as well as sonar.

 

[KurtK]

Does anyone have any experience doing just that: hooking the factory SmartCraft transducer to an aftermarket sonar/gps unit?