Pacemaker 17ft sounder read at speed
Submitted by Doubledipped on Mon, 2023-02-27 20:26
Call out to any Pacemaker hull owners.
Looking at purchasing an 87" pacemaker hull (17ft ), 100 4 stroke, runabout.
What Transducers are you running? TM or shoot thru hull ?
Any issues with getting and holding a good read at speed in 50-100m?
Keen on any feedback good or bad.
Thanks,
DD
Swompa
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I have a 18 foot pacey and
I have a 18 foot pacey and had so much trouble with placement that I ended up installing it in the sump. I loose ground at 35m but it is only with a raymarine Dragonfly so cheap gear. I have only ever been out there once so no big issue for me.
Doubledipped
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Thanks Swompa....Seller
Thanks Swompa....
Seller mentions he hasnt had much success with read at speed, i was thinking shoot thru hull a possibility.
Cheers
Swompa
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I would loose bottom at
I would loose bottom at about 13 knots and now hold into the 20''s depending on the sea state.
Certainly not as much clarity but it does the job. I can see fish on the bottom (whiting) in 12m of water.
lastcast
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pacemaker sounder
I have a huntress (similar hull) with a 1000w thru hull sounder which works well
roddo
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I have a 21ft pacemaker and
I have a 21ft pacemaker and to be honest it's been a royal pain in the arse to get my transducer set perfect I run a TM258 transom mount transducer I find the hull design naturally causes alot of turbulence of the water I'm getting an alloy block made so I can adjust the transducer in the water as I live so far from the coast but this could also cause more of a turbulence issue. I'm almost happy with where it's sitting and it may be as good as I'm gunna get after adjusting it numerous times in the past couple years I loose bottom at about 15-16knots sometimes sooner depending on conditions but picture clarity is perfect uptill about 12-13 knots .
Good luck
Doubledipped
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Thanks Roddo and
Thanks Roddo and Lastcast.
Going to go the 1 K shoot thru....