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

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  • @williamensign1408
    @williamensign1408 ปีที่แล้ว +17

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

  • @scottslouka2176
    @scottslouka2176 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    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
      @calmauric8218 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @pumacat1637
    @pumacat1637 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @theradioweyr
    @theradioweyr ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks for including Daisy... Farewell faithful companion.

  • @TonyTrimaldi
    @TonyTrimaldi ปีที่แล้ว +5

    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.

  • @Daniel_cheems
    @Daniel_cheems ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Excellent addition to the toolbox!
    I love it!

  • @jakobrebeki
    @jakobrebeki ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @repairrestoreandrebuild8974
    @repairrestoreandrebuild8974 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @jimmiller4951
    @jimmiller4951 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @rgarizonahomestead2729
    @rgarizonahomestead2729 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @calmauric8218
    @calmauric8218 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the awesome workshop on board!

  • @MotorSailingforOldDudes
    @MotorSailingforOldDudes ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @jondavidmcnabb
    @jondavidmcnabb ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @dgrissom007
    @dgrissom007 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    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!

  • @clenilma100
    @clenilma100 ปีที่แล้ว

    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!

  • @TrzCharlie
    @TrzCharlie ปีที่แล้ว

    Cool product and review. Thanks Doug

  • @carbonstar9091
    @carbonstar9091 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @rudywoodcraft9553
    @rudywoodcraft9553 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @robertwilliamson6958
    @robertwilliamson6958 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @SVSeeker
      @SVSeeker  ปีที่แล้ว

      I certainly enjoy it.

  • @grahamfindlay7220
    @grahamfindlay7220 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tear to a glass eye... farewell Daisy!

  • @BWTIII
    @BWTIII ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @Mylifelovingit
    @Mylifelovingit ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant piece of kit that

  • @stevenr8606
    @stevenr8606 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @SVSeeker
      @SVSeeker  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Right, but the price reflects that.

  • @trentyoung1135
    @trentyoung1135 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's a great gadget for kayak fishing.

  • @RebelCowboysRVs
    @RebelCowboysRVs ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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
      @ionstorm66 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @lawrenceallen8096
    @lawrenceallen8096 ปีที่แล้ว

    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!

  • @svoutcasts701
    @svoutcasts701 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have it on my sailboat it works fine

  • @jerrychandler657
    @jerrychandler657 ปีที่แล้ว

    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
      @SVSeeker  ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @charleswidmore5458
    @charleswidmore5458 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think I saw that on a batman movie

  • @LeadFoot500
    @LeadFoot500 ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @matthorvath9951
    @matthorvath9951 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @bartonrobinson4266
    @bartonrobinson4266 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @timbrwolf1121
    @timbrwolf1121 ปีที่แล้ว

    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
      @user2C47 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @timbrwolf1121
      @timbrwolf1121 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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
      @timbrwolf1121 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @cruiser207
    @cruiser207 ปีที่แล้ว

    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
      @user2C47 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @waynep343
    @waynep343 ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @eacproductions3651
    @eacproductions3651 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @EscapeToTheCut
    @EscapeToTheCut 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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
      @SVSeeker  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @dantheman20127667
    @dantheman20127667 ปีที่แล้ว

    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
      @SVSeeker  ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @PyrateRumRunner
    @PyrateRumRunner ปีที่แล้ว

    How does it respond when getting up to planing speeds?

    • @SVSeeker
      @SVSeeker  ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @mrfarenheit9159
    @mrfarenheit9159 ปีที่แล้ว

    Taping a screw hole without oil??

    • @SVSeeker
      @SVSeeker  ปีที่แล้ว

      Yup, do it all the time.

  • @69uremum
    @69uremum ปีที่แล้ว

    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
      @SVSeeker  ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @69uremum
      @69uremum ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @Andrew-oo9fj
    @Andrew-oo9fj ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another ad… 💰

  • @monomattock1
    @monomattock1 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @SVSeeker
      @SVSeeker  ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @IsmailNuzaifKokky
    @IsmailNuzaifKokky ปีที่แล้ว

    .

  • @pabur7
    @pabur7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @crewfox11
    @crewfox11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    awesome investment 👌 👍