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Looking at installing a fishfinder into a F14 beach launch dinghy. 

Can anyone advise of what size SLA battery they have used? I am looking at a min of 7AH as fishfinder looks to draw ~1AH so that should be plenty?
Ideally I would like it to sit inside the gunnel/pontoon to keep it out of the weather but my research suggests I might have some clearance issues.
Do SLA's need to be kept in weatherproof boxes or is the case sufficient?

I have done some reading on the Kayak forum as it seems like a similar type of setup.

Any advice or how what others have done would be greatly appreciated.
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I had two of 6V - 6Ah (it was on sale) put in a sistema container (also on safe from Pak n Save) surrounded by thin sheet of polystyrene (packaging from a washing machine?). SLAs were put together by cable ties ($2 shop). 

Drilled a little hole on each side of the container below the polystyrene level so in case of water inside it will drain the water before really making batteries wet which doesn't matter but just in case. To a fish finder cable I attached blade connectors with a female plug that has a cap so can be splash proof. It was done on each connector (2). After connecting the cable to the batteries I used more cable ties to make it quite tight. All over the connectors I put plenty of wax (from a candle, the same $2 shop) so stop the corrosion.

Those female connectors got added to be able to charge the battery without touching the "wax". Remember to push the cable first through one of the holes (if you go down that path).

Lowrance Elite-5 HDI would work continuously on it for around 4.5 - 5 hrs.

Charger was made out of out $5 Christmas Lights from Mitre10 (12v DC, 200mA).

excluding Lowrance the whole set was around $40 (~ $25 batteries)

SLAs can be submerged but the terminals are NOT sealed. On cold days try to keep them warm (above 10C), at some stage when they get cold (below 10C) the internal resistance increases quite significantly so you lose more energy, so polystyrene works as a water separator and a bit of insulation. Despite how it sounds it was all quite small and you could even attach the fish finder holder directly to the box where batteries are.

 
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You should not discharge beyond 50% of capacity before damaging the battery. So in your case with a 1AH current draw 2 x 7ah batteries in parallel would give 7 hours
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Hi all. quite keen on an F14 beach launching dinghy, but concerned about the reach to the tiller of my 30hp merc - the tiller handle seems to be right over the transom top. Interested in any feedback of whether this is an issue? Compared to stabi/profile dinghys the transom seems much higher. Cheers
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Originally posted by nick.g nick.g wrote:

Hi all. quite keen on an F14 beach launching dinghy, but concerned about the reach to the tiller of my 30hp merc - the tiller handle seems to be right over the transom top. Interested in any feedback of whether this is an issue? Compared to stabi/profile dinghys the transom seems much higher. Cheers

I have a F14 Beach Launch with a 40hp 3cyl Yamaha. Yes, it is quite heavy to lean out the back and get the motor up but I would think the 30hp should be far easier (20kg diff).  I haven't backed up into sea at all but I also owned a 4.1m HS Frewza with std transom before I went to the UK and the new model is far superior. If you can stretch to the 40hp you won't be disappointed especially if you dive.

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Hi gents, I just purchased a second hand F16 cuddy. Would anyone be able to tell me where I could get a rocket launcher/biminy in wellington?

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Originally posted by nick.g nick.g wrote:

Hi all. quite keen on an F14 beach launching dinghy, but concerned about the reach to the tiller of my 30hp merc - the tiller handle seems to be right over the transom top. Interested in any feedback of whether this is an issue? Compared to stabi/profile dinghys the transom seems much higher. Cheers

For me the transom in the F14 Dinghy was a big reason why I got the boat, its great never taken water over the back etc.
I have a 30D yammie on the back of mine and have no issues with the tiller over the transom and after 5 years I still reckon its a great boatWink 
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Originally posted by Karlosnz Karlosnz wrote:

Originally posted by nick.g nick.g wrote:

Hi all. quite keen on an F14 beach launching dinghy, but concerned about the reach to the tiller of my 30hp merc - the tiller handle seems to be right over the transom top. Interested in any feedback of whether this is an issue? Compared to stabi/profile dinghys the transom seems much higher. Cheers


For me the transom in the F14 Dinghy was a big reason why I got the boat, its great never taken water over the back etc.
I have a 30D yammie on the back of mine and have no issues with the tiller over the transom and after 5 years I still reckon its a great boatWink 


Hi Nick, if you're in Auckland you can come look at my F14, it's got a 40hp tohatsu on it. Have a try at lifting the outboard as such, sometimes it's a pain for me as I've snapped my funny bone, but most of the time it's ok.
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Originally posted by Penty Penty wrote:

Looking at installing a fishfinder into a F14 beach launch dinghy. 

Can anyone advise of what size SLA battery they have used? I am looking at a min of 7AH as fishfinder looks to draw ~1AH so that should be plenty?
Ideally I would like it to sit inside the gunnel/pontoon to keep it out of the weather but my research suggests I might have some clearance issues.
Do SLA's need to be kept in weatherproof boxes or is the case sufficient?

I have done some reading on the Kayak forum as it seems like a similar type of setup.

Any advice or how what others have done would be greatly appreciated.


Probably sorted your batteries by now, but I run a 20amp hour sla, it runs my elite 4 chartplotter, my vhf and nav lights and transom lights. Lasts all weekend.
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Apologies for delayed response, I don't look at this forum much nowadays. MB Canvas in Petone did my F14 canopy & road cover ~8years ago for ~$700 ea incl GST. Both have lasted well.
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Morris Metals in Petone can do good work on custom fabrication for rocket launchers etc. Could get a genuine Frewza one shipped up & install it, probably cheaper.
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Hey everyone I am after some advise on the f16 fisher with a Honda 60 I am looking at buying one and am wondering if the 60 is big enough to be used for water skiing and biscuiting or do I spend the extra and put an 80 on it. Any thoughts and comments would be appreciated.
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Originally posted by Damo79 Damo79 wrote:

Hey everyone I am after some advise on the f16 fisher with a Honda 60 I am looking at buying one and am wondering if the 60 is big enough to be used for water skiing and biscuiting or do I spend the extra and put an 80 on it. Any thoughts and comments would be appreciated.

80 for sure
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How a hull performs, towing , cruise, economy, chop is how well (not much) it is powered.
 With modern boats, well powered in most cases is the max rated hp..
 Go for that..anything under is compromises you wish you had not made after you go for a ride in one that is max rated.. not just towing but chop, flat whatever..
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guys, has anyone retro fitted a livebait tank to their F14? keen to see some set ups. i've done some searches, but keen to see ideas anyway. i'm thinking a 20 or 30L bucket with bubbler or I might look into a water scoop/pump and outlet for for continous flow.
 
might even get one made/fitted, although a transom mod might be expensive and a bit OTT.
 
anyone got a factory tank they wanna show off too?
 
 
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Originally posted by Damo79 Damo79 wrote:

Hey everyone I am after some advise on the f16 fisher with a Honda 60 I am looking at buying one and am wondering if the 60 is big enough to be used for water skiing and biscuiting or do I spend the extra and put an 80 on it. Any thoughts and comments would be appreciated.

Hey mate i have a honda 60 on the back of my f16cc, i think my centre console is about the same if not more in weight with all my add ons and it pulls a biscuit around no problems I've not tried a water skier but would imagine an 80 horse would be well worth going for .
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Hi I'm looking at building a rocket luncher for my f14 any ideas on size tube to use . Thanks
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Really like the rocket luncher any chance to get a plan of it for my f14 . Thought I might use flexible solar panels as roof
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Hey guys I have ordered my F16 fisher can anyone tell me what size sounder you can flush mount in them its hard to work out from the pictures. I was thinking a 7" or maybe an 9" simrad go. 
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I have an 8" flush mounted no problem
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