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One of my books...(100 things that work, or 200 easy things to improve the boat, or something) has a method of installing a depth finder WITHOUT holing the boat.  Essentially, using a proper sized PVC pipe, glued to the inside of the hull, with the depth finder mounted on it, and the cavity fully filled with stable liquid and sealed, the depth finder works fine (assuming the hull is solid and onsistent - a fair assumption on our blue water beauties).

If interested, I can find it for you...I've got one installed with a thru hull already, but if I were to redo it, I'd give this serious consideration...

I'm still in desparate need!  If anyone knows of one for sale, please let me know...thanks!

been looking at those myself....please relay once you've tested and are confident in them, or not, as the case may be!

ok...after closely looking at the problem, my reaction is....yuck.  Geting over that, I am now seriously considering ripping out the whole mess (head, hoses, holding tank) and replacing it with a Thetford porta-potti.  Benefits seem to be 1) ease of access, care, and maintenance, 2) recovery of some lost storage behind head and under v-berth where the hoses reside and under cabin sole where holding tank is, 3) longer term - reduction of holes in the boat by 2.  Besides, it much more closely mirrors, but is an improvement over, what I do now...rely on the bucket.

Anyone do this or have any feedback for or against?

Sooner better than later, but will be firmly needing it by November 2007...

Dear Santa, please stuff one of your little elves in my stocking so I have someone who can get easily into tight spaces.  Even better, make it the one who is also good at building your wooden toys so I can put him to work on the cabinetry and other woodworking which would oh so improve conditions.  By the way, what do elves eat?

If you can spare a second, leave the one who does the mechanical trains and such so I have someone to lovingly care for the farymann.  That one always gave you grief about not converting from reindeer power anyway, so I am sure he won't be missed.

Wonder if anyone has tried this....I am planning on removing the board which backs the head and conceals the hoses for same and reinstalling on a pivot at the base, permitting both better access to these parts and the board to drop down into a table (over the head).  Will buildout a small seat resting over edge of opposite bottom of wet locker "oval" (likely removeable so that I can use same on bottom hatch board or as a small table surface on the trim around the sink area, if I can get the engineering right)...with better positioned lighting, a few adds for holding charts and small instruments, will have a nice place to snug in firm in a blow for navigation...

Thoughts?

Seeadler, thinking about improving my boards as well....does your locking mechanism bolt up through the wood of the campanionway framing or into the cabin frame?

Thanks