CaspersCruiser
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This is to bring resolution to an old thread I started. For context, read the original post.
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=18700
I can’t say for 100% certainty that this was the issue with my depth sounder, but here is my analysis.
I launched at the marina boat ramp. The marina basin had some in-water “lily pad” type vegetation that I had to traverse on the way to my assigned slip and the slip also had some in it. During the week-long airshow I used the boat for accommodations only. I never left the slip. The show attracts literally hundreds of thousands of people and using my boat as a place to stay is CHEAP!
When I took my boat out of the water after the show, there was a lot of vegetation wrapped on the prop shaft that I removed. Then I towed my boat up to cruise on Green Bay for five days. The depth sounder worked flawlessly for that entire trip. Last month, I cruised 500+ miles in Florida and had no problems with the depth sounder.
I feel certain that the issue was vegetation lodged up against or near the transducer. So the intel I’d like to pass on is that if your depth sounder quits working and you’ve recently traveled through in-water vegetation, check that some of it isn’t interfering with transducer operation.
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=18700
I can’t say for 100% certainty that this was the issue with my depth sounder, but here is my analysis.
I launched at the marina boat ramp. The marina basin had some in-water “lily pad” type vegetation that I had to traverse on the way to my assigned slip and the slip also had some in it. During the week-long airshow I used the boat for accommodations only. I never left the slip. The show attracts literally hundreds of thousands of people and using my boat as a place to stay is CHEAP!
When I took my boat out of the water after the show, there was a lot of vegetation wrapped on the prop shaft that I removed. Then I towed my boat up to cruise on Green Bay for five days. The depth sounder worked flawlessly for that entire trip. Last month, I cruised 500+ miles in Florida and had no problems with the depth sounder.
I feel certain that the issue was vegetation lodged up against or near the transducer. So the intel I’d like to pass on is that if your depth sounder quits working and you’ve recently traveled through in-water vegetation, check that some of it isn’t interfering with transducer operation.