Yup, that's the boat.  Even the same blue color!

Chris.

Scotty triple bar. Allows 3 Scotty rod holders or fish finders to be mounted in single deck mount.  Comes with 3 mounts attached (old style - any can be removed).  Used once.  I bought it when I first got my Prowler and just haven't used it - these days I run a  single mount with an extender, and ended up using the mount that came with my FF.

$25 OBO, I'm on the Peninsula, and work in Santa Clara.  I prefer not to ship at this price. I could also bring it with me sometime in the next week or two wherever the fish are biting...

Chris.

With my transducer gooped in I would occasionally get some very innaccurate readings  -- when I was in 40 -50 ft of water it would randomly start incrementing upward to 5-600 feet, then work fine for a while,  and then error out again.  When I finally tore it out it it seems there was only partial adhesion on a section of the bond and water was seeping in and out of the joint as the hull flexed, causing problems (I suspect it was working well only when water was in there).

I used a good sized (fairly deep) block of "pool noodle foam" that was used to pack some mail order furniture for my mount - I used a contour gauge on both ends and carved it to fit the bottom profile of the hull.  And then I carved the transducer hole very undersized, so it's a real tight fit.  When I insert the transducer I fill the cup fairly high and then squeeze a lot of the water out to ensure no air bubbles.  It holds the water even upside down on my truck on the way home after fishing. Also I positioned the mount block where I *can* reach it from the front hatch, primarily so I can easily stow my rods around it when I put them inside for landing.  So far the transducer hasn't moved a bit, in conditions as rough as I care to test. I suppose if you had something moving around a lot inside your hull it could pull the cable, but that's a good reason to make everything neat and tidy with cable ties and lash downs when you do the install.

Chris.

I'm not going to Elk, but I'm still gonna fish, and bass/crappie ain't my cup o' tea. 

Anyone up for some local saltwater on Sunday AM?  Linda Mar or Capitola perhaps? Or I could easily be persuaded to try another launch!

Chris.

They are aircraft rivets, made of plastic, with stainless steel mandrels -- not a Home Depot item.  There are two types, based on the shape they make when compressed:  mushroom and star - star hold the best, especially in plastic.  I would try GWKC first or Kayakfishingstuff.com.

Yes, the SJ Grand Prix, the Gilroy Garlic Festival, and there are probably others.  But none that I am aware of that will ban all parking in Capitola like last Sunday AM!

usagi_pj - I'll be on channel 69.  I paddle an orange prowler (probably with a blue bait tank on Sunday).

Chris.

I have a Matrix 25 with the GPS option and another downside is the lack of accuracy on the readout -- the default scale is pretty big -- maybe a mile per square, so it's pretty tough to accurately mark a reef, navigate a course etc. If you were driving a PB at 20 knots it would be useful, but at 3.8k, it takes a while to paddle across the screen ; )  There's probably some menu adjustment for changing this that I haven't found yet.

On the plus side, everything is right there and it's real easy to hit the big button with gloved hands and mark a waypoint.  And the screen is big enough to easily see as you are paddling. 

I agree with Mooch that if you are going to rely on the GPS for life saving navigation I would go with a seperate unit.

Sounds like Linda Mar on Sunday ; )

Thanks for the heads up on the foot race.

I guess the kelp will have to wait until next weekend!!

CHris.