A sonar on your phone - SonarPhone and it works with Navionics

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[@TonyTrimaldi]

The navionics numbers should be to the top of the water. Your transducer is likely a foot or so below the water height, so you have a built in margin of error.

[@williamensign1408]

With all those fish sheltering around your boat you should have entered that fishing contest a few days ago.

[@calmauric8218]

Love the awesome workshop on board!

[@RebelCowboysRVs]

The piece of angle was a good idea. Because transducers are replaced several times in the life of a boat, its always best to not bolt it directly to the hull. Especially because the holes for the new one never lines up with the holes from the old one. I bought a one inch thick plastic cutting board an bolted it to the transom of my boat. My transducer is crewed in to that. It will probably take 50+ replacement transducers before I would need to replace it. And even then I can use the same two bolt holes for a new cutting board. The cutting board was actually huge so I only used a third of it. The rest I am using as a cutting board. lol

[@ionstorm66]

I do the same thing, just glue the block on with some 5200. I hate putting new holes in boats!

[@LeadFoot500]

Maybe put a low voltage cut off circuit in line with the sonar. I would leave the sonar on for sure at some point and kill the battery.

[@mrfarenheit9159]

Taping a screw hole without oil??

[@SVSeeker]

Yup, do it all the time.

[@Andrew-oo9fj]

Another ad… 💰

[@IsmailNuzaifKokky]

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[@scottslouka2176]

Doug, I don't remember since my boat is in winter storage, But there is a setting in Navionics where the sonar updates the depth contours. Then when you scout ahead, the Navionics map updates and you can take that back to the boat.

[@calmauric8218]

I want this now. As my area on navionics is mostly unserveyed.

[@pumacat1637]

Had my sonar phone setup now for over 6 yrs and it’s still working just fine

[@theradioweyr]

Thanks for including Daisy... Farewell faithful companion.

[@dgrissom007]

If you have an older / obsolete phone that will work with it, it may be a bit safer to use. Hitting a wave may cause your main phone to turn into a submarine!

[@jimmiller4951]

Good informative video. I use mine in conjunction with a 12” iPad and that’s great for us old guys !. Great for downrigger fishing .

[@repairrestoreandrebuild8974]

I bet you could even use an old or extra tablet, too. Very cool!

[@charleswidmore5458]

I think I saw that on a batman movie

[@BWTIII]

Interesting, Daisy may depart with more dignity than many of us. It's tough saying, good-by, to loved ones.

[@EscapeToTheCut]

Just got one of these and it works in the sonar phone app but won’t display on navionics, I have seen a post in a forum saying the latest version of navionics no longer supports it, has anyone else found that it no longer works with navionics

[@SVSeeker]

Yes, I found that it didn’t work with Navionics. Navionics got purchased by Garmin. So we can blame Garmin.

[@Daniel_cheems]

Excellent addition to the toolbox! I love it!

[@jakobrebeki]

nice bit of kit for a little boat. be great for lake fishing. thanks Doug....

[@pabur7]

8 minutes is better than 0.40 second's to tell a story.. TikTok koekkoek

[@MotorSailingforOldDudes]

Think the Sonar phone is just what I'm looking for. Cheers mate.

[@69uremum]

That inline connector doesn't look to be waterproof? If it is not waterproof, that is a bad design:( multi pin connectors that are waterproof are a dime a dozen, so why not use the right thing.

[@SVSeeker]

If you were just in charge of the world. : )

[@69uremum]

@@SVSeeker right, but still for marine equipment you would think that they would use "marine grade" connectors. Meh the rest seems nice tho!

[@PyrateRumRunner]

How does it respond when getting up to planing speeds?

[@SVSeeker]

I think it will depend on your hull. Cleaner flow should be better, but mine stops at about 15 mph.

[@rudywoodcraft9553]

Fantastic--that actually might be something I try on my little sailboats. Nice to know when you're close to running the daggerboard aground...

[@clenilma100]

Great unit. My boy and I installed it in about 2 hrs (I have lots of experience) an we were on the water marking fish and depth. Couldn't ask for a better unit for the price!

[@lawrenceallen8096]

So you get excited when tech works too, eh Doug? A rare feeling these days. I had the same experience recently with a Tactacam Reveal XB Trail camera. It worked right out of the box and it still works. Intuitive "walk through" instructions. Quick--actually useful--pop up notes like "changes to this function may take up to 24 hours to come into effect," sparing you the agonizing 30-minute "WTF...why isn't this change working?! I did it 3 times but...nothing!" followed by the 45-minute "tech department call" where someone says "oh, just wait 24 hours for the changes to take effect." Arrrg@! Enjoy paradise, Doug!

[@matthorvath9951]

Whelp, I'm sold. This is going on my 12ft Jon Boat!

[@TrzCharlie]

Cool product and review. Thanks Doug

[@waynep343]

Will the sonar phone connect to your pilot house displays at the same time. What is the wifi range. So you have somebody in the outboard in front of you watching for sand bars. So you can stop seeker before pulling up to the bar. Sailing Uma on youtube has a sonar that allows you to do a 360 or wide turn in your selected Anchorage to record a 3D scan of the botton that is shared with the manufacturer's mapping so others can access that chart too.

[@jondavidmcnabb]

Doug thank you for this!!! I really needed to know about this for a future boat project.

[@eacproductions3651]

Could you use one for a forward facing alarm to advoid floating shipping container?

[@bartonrobinson4266]

Please give a sample showing of it in use as your looking for dinner!!

[@svoutcasts701]

I have it on my sailboat it works fine

[@rgarizonahomestead2729]

they have come along way over the years thanks for sharing and have a great Sunday

[@grahamfindlay7220]

Tear to a glass eye... farewell Daisy!

[@trentyoung1135]

That's a great gadget for kayak fishing.

[@carbonstar9091]

That's a nice piece of kit there. Be interesting to see how it holds up.

[@stevenr8606]

👍 good idea. But, if you can't view forward, port, starboard or aft. It's just a good old depth recorder.

[@SVSeeker]

Right, but the price reflects that.

[@Mylifelovingit]

Brilliant piece of kit that

[@dantheman20127667]

Wonder if it would work through the hull of the boat. I do that with my kayak but I'm sure that hull is quite a bit thicker

[@SVSeeker]

Not on the Whaly, it has foam inside the hull.

[@cruiser207]

Hi Doug.I noticed that you have a towel laying over your battery, If for some reason that towel gets wet it might short or drain the battery.

[@user2C47]

The terminals are so far apart and the voltage so low that it doesn't mean a thing.

[@monomattock1]

Silicone transducer to the inside of the hull....

[@SVSeeker]

It's a self bailing hull, so there is a gap filled with foam there.

[@jerrychandler657]

A tablet in the pilot house might be able to connect concurrently with the sonar and phone to provide both the Seeker and the tender the same information if they were close.

[@SVSeeker]

We tried that, but the range is not that good.

[@robertwilliamson6958]

You take your boat off of your other boat to work on your other boat! What a life that must be! Cool!

[@SVSeeker]

I certainly enjoy it.

[@timbrwolf1121]

You should get a proper battery box for that battery. If the towel you are using for a battery cover gets too damp it could fry everything and/or start a fire.

[@user2C47]

It's 12 volts. Even soaking wet, it's not going to draw enough power to care about.

[@timbrwolf1121]

@@user2C47 I nearly burned down my entire house with a 12 volt motorcycle battery. Damn battery store gave me the exact same one but it had reverse polarity. The design didn't make it easy to notice the mistake so they payed me out of company insurance for a totaled motorcycle. It went up in smoke in my garage

[@timbrwolf1121]

@@user2C47 I replaced the harness myself and bought upgrades 😅 But a dealer would have charged $3700 to replace the harness alone.

[@crewfox11]

awesome investment 👌 👍