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| is a ranger boat single layer fiberglass? looking for a through the hull transducer and just curious as to which one i need to shoot through the hull |
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Location: On the X that marks the mucky spot | All the transducers should shoot through a glass boat hull so long as they're installed in he correct place (exception being the SI). |
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| All the transducers should shoot through a glass boat hull so long as they're installed in he correct place (exception being the SI).
the "correct place" is where the hull is single thickness...thus the question i assume.
i can't speak to the Ranger you're looking at, but other the boats on which i've had shoot-through-hull transducers (4 Tuffy, 1 Skeeter) all have multi-layered hulls over most of their length, but thin down to a single layer at the very back near the transom.
put the transducer as far back as possible in the "sump" for the bilge drain and you'll probably be fine.
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| What you are basically asking about is the hull a single material. The answer is yes. Though the laminate is multiple layers, it chemically bonds together creating a solid single material to shoot through. Assuming there are no air voids in the glass (which is unlikely as the aft portion of the hull is relatively flat and easy to lay up, and that Ranger is a quality product) the transducer will have no problem shooting through. You do however have to make sure that the transducer is ahered to a clean spot on the inside of the hull preferably with epoxy.
Most builder actually overlap the laminate along the keel and at the transom for added strength so the area is thicker than other parts of the hull. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | You also need to be sure the area you want to shoot through has no composite, core mat, or other materials between the layers of FRP that would seriously degrade the sonar signal. |
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