Finally about to install my new fishfinder (Elite 7 Ti2 HDI) and transducer. My boat is an Alumaweld Blackhawk so it has the extended transom (Alumadrive?).
I've read lots of tips and tricks about transducer placement to avoid prop wash, about install height, about avoiding areas of turbulence etc. The old transducer was installed directly behind one of the strakes, which might have been why it never worked properly. I'm thinking of moving the new transducer about 6" further to the starboard side to an area of the transom that should have cleaner water. My question is this: is it a bad thing to have the transducer mounted too far to the starboard side? Perhaps the further to the right it is located the more any side-to-side pitching of the boat will be exaggerated but I'm not sure if that is actually an issue. I do plan to install a long HDP mounting plate so that I can easily move it in case I don't get it right the first time.
I've read lots of tips and tricks about transducer placement to avoid prop wash, about install height, about avoiding areas of turbulence etc. The old transducer was installed directly behind one of the strakes, which might have been why it never worked properly. I'm thinking of moving the new transducer about 6" further to the starboard side to an area of the transom that should have cleaner water. My question is this: is it a bad thing to have the transducer mounted too far to the starboard side? Perhaps the further to the right it is located the more any side-to-side pitching of the boat will be exaggerated but I'm not sure if that is actually an issue. I do plan to install a long HDP mounting plate so that I can easily move it in case I don't get it right the first time.