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Topic: DSI fishfinder install on Outback  (Read 2838 times)

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goldendog

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  • Location: Florence, Oregon
  • Date Registered: Jul 2008
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My wife bought me a Lowrance Mark 4 DSi chartplotter/fishfinder for my birthday, to use on the new Outback. After a lot of research, I decided not to go with the traditional through hull mounting of the transducer. Therefore, I had to think of how to mount the fishfinder so I could have the transducer mounted on it's own over the side of the yak. Here's what I came up with:

Tools and supplies:
    38 year old  Craftsman circular saw
    A saw blade for cutting plastic
    38 year old Skill hand drill
    $15 worth of stainless screws and hardware
    $12 plastic cutting board
    A short length of 3/4 pvc pipe
    Goop
    A large rubber gasket
    Spray paint
    A Ram mount that I got at one of the ORCs

I am sure there are a couple of other items that I am forgetting to mention, but here is
what I came up with!

I am still working on the battery and power connections! All the extra wiring fit perfectly in the box.


   
Fishing is much more than fish.  It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.  ~Herbert Hoover


JamesC

  • Lingcod
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  • 2012 Hobie Revo 13 - Gray
  • Location: Tigard, OR
  • Date Registered: Apr 2012
  • Posts: 395
Looks cool! Is the blue box just a mount from the RAM to the ff? Or does it hold some of the extra cable too? I see it has the transducer arm mount.
All fishermen are liars except you and me
(and sometimes I wonder about you).
-Anonymous