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Hi All,

Firstly I did everything I could to straighten the pics, but this forum has always made my life difficult when it came to uploading pics, and always rotates the pics I upload, even if I counter-rotate them to correct it ! So I gave up.

Anyway, I finally went and re-mounted the transducer.

Like an idiot - when I finished, I realised the motor was trimmed out very far for transport, and I would need to trim in.

This was when I realised why the previous owner had moved the location of the transducer !

While its not actually touching the motor, its super close.

So, I'm tempted to leave it and see what happens ?

Otherwise where do I locate it ?

Also, By the time I'm finished, as I used the safe option of screws with silicone to seal the holes, the transom is starting to look like a rebellious teenager with all the jewellery.

What's the safest way to seal these holes below the waterline ? Gell coat alone would be weak wouldn't it, but an epoxy base will run out of the hole ?

I'm tempted to bring it to a professional, getting the boat serviced on Thursday, might ask them to mount it for me ?
Photos always a PIA on forums, sometimes it's the type of phone apple/android, sometimes if is in portrait/landscape (landscape seems to work better for me), even then my wife rotates her phone the right and while on the phone it looks ok often if she sends it the laptop it's upside down.

That aside, the transducer is way to close to the motor. A good position iswhere the black bung is 😒, to the right of it's original position in front of the roller is where I probably would go.

With holes in the transom I use a large syringe, can be gotten from most fibreglass suppliers or if you know someone who works in the medical industry and I lay some masking tape over the hole then overdrill the hole and have some more masking tape below ready to seal it.

Now cabosil makes it less runny but if you can't beg, borrow or steal some you can add talcom powder to thicken it up (micro baloons usually used but you need to buy in kg lots and that's a lot of balloons) or go to your local whitworths/bcf etc and buy some filler compound (you won't need the syringe for that).
Long transducers are a pain to set up to read at speed, it's inherent due the the length the water needs to flow without breaking up.

Good luck on your endeavours.