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Serious setup Cahal.....I looked at an FCV295 but baulked as I could not fit it in the dash of my Boston Whaler, will be a tight fit in the 680? Great sounder though!

I spoke with Rhyss at Taylor Marine, very helpful and knowledgable. Trying to ensure the trannies are in clean water is critical.......and not easy to achieve.

 have a 3 inch hull ? If it does not sure how a wetbox set will go ? Also looking at pics of the dash, is there enough room for it to be dash mounted ?

Yeah the 295 does fit on the dash,
Wangler: yeah the Haines does have a 3" hull and was also questioning a wetbox set up
Any advice would be much appreciated

been and had a chat to Ryan at Oceanside?

Doesn't he have a HH Patriot with all the toys?

3 inch hull will sap power big time if shoot thru. I know a lot of the airmar stuff suggests the losses are not that bad but I have read the losses with over 1 inch of fibreglass is an issue, 3 inches would be pretty serious loss even with a badass 3 kw tranny.

You could get someone to rout out 2 inches of the hull and recesss the wetbox down so it only shoots through 1 inch of glass, similar to what the Boston Whale rboys have to do to use shoot thru in the putty boxes, which are solid 3 inches thick. I know a couple of blokes who have done this with M260 trannies in Whalers.

If really serious about getting the best sounding, I would semi pocket mount and wet face, which gets the tranny down an inch or two into the fresh water flow resulting in the best peformance at speed. Massive job but would be awesome, better than full pocketmount which gets near hull surface turbulence but this size tranny could result in pretty dramatic drag on a boat this size.........

Not easy dude.

cahal ..........Matt M is correct;

I recently purchesed a Haines Patriot 680 from Luke Chivers at Chivers Marine!

I had a Furuno FCV1150 installed on the dash (thanks to Rhyss/Furuno Australia for the deal) and with a slight dash modification it was fitted. This allowed plenty of room on the main facia for my Maxsea Plotter and instruments etc!

I've installed a 3kw 28khz & 2kw 200khz tranny's in a wetbox setup that was custom made in my bilge area!!

It has made no differenece at all when punching through a heavy thich glass hull and I get results =)

Chivers Marine can help you out .....speak to Luke and his guys will get the job done right!!!

Not sure why it would make no difference.

Furuno themselves are not offering the bottom detection features on the 627 and 587 if you use a through-hull, because it does affect the Q-values.

I know a customer that has the exact same setup as mine and wetfaced ............ same picture as mine so "It has made no differenece at all when punching through a heavy thich glass hull"

I have several mates with the same setup as mine (wetbox) and they are very happy with it also (also punching through very thick glass)!!

I get bottom discrimiation (the proper commercial version) not that I use it, and everything else .....all positives and no negatives.......hense I went with my set-up!!!

Being methodical I did go through many questions with the Furuno commercial tech and Furuno " in the know guys" before making my decission

Hi Dougie,

I have 2 singles, I've installed a 3kw 28khz and a 2kw 200khz tranny's in a wetbox setup that was custom made in my bilge area!!

My results are very good both in the Super Deep and shallows......my mates spin out on my sounder definition both shallow and Super Deep and how clean my screen reads!

I'm very impressed with my Sounder/Tranny setup and it was everthing I wanted and more =)

I some advertised in the back of the paper,  very active and well hung.

 may be good value?

Cahal, never re-invent the wheel mate. I would copy Ryans setup. No doubt there will be some losses through the hull (my 1 kw is wetpaces and mates same trannie wet box and no doubt there are losses shooting through an inch if glass) but by the sounds of it, the high powered trannies Ryan has and you are looking at punches through it no worries and hard to question Ryans experience with deep dropping.

Wet box much nicer and neater than wetfacing, I think the best option is clear.

 Furuno are just one of many marine electronic suppliers. no doublt the furuno setup works but before you run out and spend 30k its worth contacting the local commercial marine suppliers ie TMQ, fremantle marine electronics ect and a find out theres a wolrd of commercial deepwater sounders (which your moving into) which all produce excellent results. When you start exploring you'll find some awsome set ups. JRC, LG, koden, Hondex. The internet and marketing is funny like that, youve got plenty of choices from professionals if you know where to look. If you've got dollars to burn there some amazing gear out there.

Agree with JohnF. There is plenty of furuno gear around and its good shit, plenty of information and experience as well.
Furuno gear wont cost anywhere near 30 grand .
Our 295 and 10 inch navnet with heading sensor, radome and separate furuno 2kw 200 hz, 1 kw 50 hz transducers was just over 16 grand 5 years ago. The trannies are wetboxed just in front of the transom and work really really well.