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<A href="mailto:bpeever@townoflincoln.com">Bruce Peever</A>
I'm replacing my 70's vintage instruments with Standard Horizon. The old transducer placement was on the port side of the keel underneath the forward dinette seat. The old knotmeter transducer is next to the keel and the old depth meter transducer a further 8" off. Literature talks about the preferred location being forward of the keel, but I can't see that on the CC 27. What is the optimum location for these transducers on the CC27.
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<A href="mailto:bayerair@on.aibn.com">Larry Bayer</A>
I left mine in the same location due to ease of installation. It also gets the least amount of hoppy horsing there probably.
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<A href="mailto:garyc@isys.ca">gary</A>
Im in the process of doing the same thing and from previous experiences with other boats it also works well just behind the keel. This location means not running wiring thru the bilge shortwer wiring runs and if you mount it just behind the "retaining wall" that stops stuff from the caukpit lockers from falling into the bilge it is well protected. Im installing an eagle fish finder type as we also do some salmon fishing up here in the north channel of lake huron. good luck----Gary
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Locating a depth transducer in the engine space may be all right for fish-finding at low speeds, but would not be a good idea for a speed unit because there is turbulence aft of the keel that will affect the accuracy of the speed and log readings. The nature of the turbulence is going to change depending on variables such as speed, leeway, etc., so your speed and log outputs will be utterly unreliable.
The dinette's forward seat locker (the "traditional location" noted in an earlier post) isn't perfect, but it's far enough forward that the plume of turbulence off the keel isn't going to be a major factor.
For myself, I can't see the virtue in a shorter wiring run since the instruments that most people have (Autohelm/Raymarine) have a long cable that you're not supposed to shorten. There is no question of needing to run cables through the bilge in a 27 -- there is an easily accessible cable path from the dinette's forward seat locker up to the edge of the liner and then aft to the rear of the coachroof.
David Weatherston
"Towser"
C&C 27 Mk IV
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David Weatherston
Towser, Toronto
C&C 27 Mk IV
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Today I installed my new transducer. The old one had it's cables running through the bildge and that is something I want to get away from. I remembered reading this posting about a cable path from the forward dinette locker that could be used to run my cables aft, but when I looked for it today, I could not find it. Is this something you made? With a drill, I could make a hole in the top of the locker. From there, does your cable run up the "wall" to the "shelf"? From the shelf, it could run up to the liner. This doesn't seem like a visually appealing solution, especially if running mulitple cables. Is this the way it is done?
If I recall correctly, I ran the transducer cables from their location in the under-seat locker, up to the outboard forward end of the locker. From there, they ran forward through the main bulkhead and into the lower head locker. From the lower head locker, they ran upward through the upper head locker to the underside of the deck, then back through the main bulkhead and aft above the lip of the deckhead liner to the galley lockers. From there, the path is obvious. At no point should the cables be visible.
David Weatherston
Towser, Toronto
C&C 27 Mk IV
David Weatherston
Towser, Toronto
C&C 27 Mk IV
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Thanks David, not just for your help with this transducer but for answering lots of my questions, sometimes before I even ask them. This web site is a very valuable tool, one that I am happy to support. My cheque is in the mail!
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David Weatherston
Towser, Toronto
C&C 27 Mk IV
David Weatherston
Towser, Toronto
C&C 27 Mk IV
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Last year my wife and I bought a C&C 27, Mark 1 and had a great time with it. This spring we spent quite a bit of time cleaning it up and giving it some of the attention it has done without. Right now, we are just 2 eastern Canadian wannabee sailers who can't wait for launch day!!
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