chaumu
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- Joined
- Dec 18, 2016
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- USA
- Vessel Name
- Elizabeth Jane
- Vessel Make
- Helmsman Trawler 37 Sedan
Hello Trawler Forum. I love this site and I've been a lurker for years, but now I now I need to trouble you for guidance.
My 2012 Helmsman Trawler 37 Sedan came with an all Simrad electronics suite that I've been mostly happy with except for the sounder. On our trip up the BC Sunshine Coast into Desolation sounds last summer, I would lose depth readings at the most inopportune moments (inevitably feeling out the bottom in a tight unfamiliar anchorage). I would like to upgrade either the transducer or sounder module or both to improve reliability, but I don't know which component (neither or both?) is causing the problem. Before I start guessing and end up poorer and unsatisfied, I'm hoping someone has had a similar experience that I can learn from. My sounder module is the Simrad BSM-1 and the transducer is an Airmar B744V.
Scouring the Internet has yielded little helpful information. There's lots of talk about fish finding, but I'm not a fisherman. I just want rock-solid depth readings. Failed readings in Puget Sound have been rare for me so perhaps there's something about thermal layers or bottom composition up north that confused my sounder.
Many thanks to anyone with relevant experience.
Tim
My 2012 Helmsman Trawler 37 Sedan came with an all Simrad electronics suite that I've been mostly happy with except for the sounder. On our trip up the BC Sunshine Coast into Desolation sounds last summer, I would lose depth readings at the most inopportune moments (inevitably feeling out the bottom in a tight unfamiliar anchorage). I would like to upgrade either the transducer or sounder module or both to improve reliability, but I don't know which component (neither or both?) is causing the problem. Before I start guessing and end up poorer and unsatisfied, I'm hoping someone has had a similar experience that I can learn from. My sounder module is the Simrad BSM-1 and the transducer is an Airmar B744V.
Scouring the Internet has yielded little helpful information. There's lots of talk about fish finding, but I'm not a fisherman. I just want rock-solid depth readings. Failed readings in Puget Sound have been rare for me so perhaps there's something about thermal layers or bottom composition up north that confused my sounder.
Many thanks to anyone with relevant experience.
Tim