Transducer plate mounting

How are you guys mounting your plastic boards to your transoms?

This seems to be a frequent question as of late. I have read a ton of articles on this, and I am still on the fence of whether this is a good idea or not.

Some plates require screws or bolts, with holes in the hull, which to me defeats the purpose. I will give you that it allows for moving the transducer, or replacing, without more holes in the hull. But more pics I see posted, the cable holders are screwed into the hull as well ?!?

Luke, I have seen 2 styles, one completely holeless with epoxy only, the others have some kind of mounting hardware that require a hole in the hull. The epoxy ones I was most interested in, do have some issues, like with the epoxy letting loose, and if you ever need to remove it, good luck. I will say, everyone I know has gone to these boards, both styles, and I really have yet to see any issue with any of them personally.

I’m not sold this isn’t just sheep following sheep thing, and it doesn’t provide enough benefit to even worry about it.

I used a stern saver and just used the provided epoxy. Seems really solid and I haven’t had any issues nor do I have any concerns.

5200 and transom plate should be more than fine.

There is some options for mounting transducer. Rig Rite board using 3M 4200 or 5200 adhesive , Stern Saver using epoxy adhesive and Stern Pad that uses 3M VHB double sided foam type tape. The for sure thing that will be on your boat transom for years to come will be the Rig Rite type board with 4200 or 5200 and using the supplied mounting screws to make sure there is proper adhesion from the 4200 or 5200. For securing transducer cabling. I don’t drill holes for wire clamp. I use these for the cabling. There stuck on with 3M VHB tape. They work well for securing the cabling going up transom.

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toddrun wrote:

Some plates require screws or bolts, with holes in the hull, which to me defeats the purpose.

The purpose isn’t no holes, it’s to not have unnecessary holes that don’t need to be there anymore when electronics change. If you never need to replace or move the transducer bracket then worst case is you have the same amount of holes as without the plate.