To cut, or not? (FF install final stage)

Howdy all,

Finally got the mounts for the FF (Hooray Hook1 and USPS Priority mail!).  I'm going to start out copying Zee's set-up with the FF installed in the mast hole - nice and convenient, no need to drill anything to mount the FF on a RAM arm.  I tested it out on Lake Frontyard yesterday morning, and I can see the display and a limber enough to get to the buttons.

But, power/transducer cable needs to come out of the boat somewhere.  I was thinking about putting a cable clam on the bulkhead just below the mast, and threading through it - but Zee's routing through the foreward hatch seems much easier.

I've read elsewhere that routing over the seal on the Outback's front hatch could be asking for a boat full of water, and given the amount of water that comes over the bow in even light chop, this could be a real concern.

Zee, any advice on this?

I'd give it a shot in some easy conditions and go from there. Check if you get some water in and how much. From what I remember on the Outback it's doable but that doesn't mean it's perfect. If the seal isn't tight i'm sure you could use something like door/window insulation to make it watertight.

Z

The first hole is always the toughest... and it just gets easier from there.

Make sure you cut that first hole exactly where you want it. Like an Idiot, I drilled without paying attention and mounted my fishfinder in the wrong spot.

The first hole is always the toughest... and it just gets easier from there.

  Sorry, my mind was in the gutter when I read that, and just about died laughing!

Make sure you cut that first (any) hole exactly where you want it.

Very sage advice indeed.


My nickles worth? Don't cut. At least not yet and not for that.

 That seal is good enough with the cable under it and that lid is designed to drain off water. It really should not leak much unless you submerge it by sitting on top of the over turned hull. The inside of your boat should still be pretty dry after at least a couple of days of huli dancing if that cable is the only thing disturbing the seal. That's also a really short run on deck and still looks pretty sano. Besides, if you don't like it, you can always poke a hole and fit a seal.

Save the drilling for the rod bases.That's coming from someone who's of the Marcelis Wallace* school of thought in terms of kayak rigging.  In other words, I ain't afraid of no drill.







*(most problems can be remedied with a blow torch and a pair of pliers)  


WHOA! On a completely different note, Spot was talking about lightning and counting the time till the thunder. I just had two flashes and BOOMS with no delay between them  Wow, now it sounds like bombs going off. Lightning? We got lightning

Since FFTW is talking, I am listening (although you may want to get off of the computer is the lightning is directly overhead).

Gonna set it up to just use the hatch seal to start.  The way it is rigged right now, there are no holes to reweld - just some goop and velcro.

Since FFTW is talking, I am listening

Hmmmm,
Someone wise once told me "Be careful of your counsel"*

Talk like that and I might be fooled into thinking that I actually know what I'm talking about. Dangerous stuff that.





*me

Hmmmm,
Someone wise once told me "Be careful of your counsel"*

Talk like that and I might be fooled into thinking that I actually know what I'm talking about. Dangerous stuff that.





*me

No worries Wali, I know better than to take advice.  No, I actually made the decision, and then asked the questions