In Hull Transducer CD 22?

rogerar · Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 7:28 am Post subject: In Hull Transducer CD 22?

Has anyone succesfully installed an in hull depth transducer in a CD 22?
Thanks
Roger

Matt Gurnsey · Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 12:15 pm Post subject:

To install an inhull transducer will require digging out part of the core where the transducer will be installed, and then glassing in material to strengthen the area.

Is there a reason you can't use a transom mount transducer?

rogerar · Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 1:40 pm Post subject:

No reason, I was just hoping to get it inboard, on less thing underwater!
Thanks
Roger

breausaw · Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 3:04 pm Post subject:

I have tried one and it works fine, but haven’t installed yet. My 07 model 22 has the raised cockpit insert, and at the stern where the bilge pump sets is a solid area with no air pockets. When an in-hull transducer is placed in that spot and tested with a couple inches of water it works fine. I had planned on installing it permanently with the intentions of using as a backup when the stern mounted transducer eventually gets torn off; it is currently being held together with epoxy putty. Most likely what will happen is the stern transducer will get ripped off and I’ll be wishing I’d installed the in-hull.
I think C-dorys manufactured prior to the raised cockpit insert have an area at the stern that is un-cored fiberglass, so if you place your transducer there if should work fine.