I was supposed to pick up my boat today but they had an issue with the T-Top lights. I'm not sure exactly what, but they sent it back to the guy that put the t-top on.
In the mean time, I bought this:
For those that don't fish, it's a depthfinder. Well, it's more than that really.
The first depthfinders were simply that. You could see how deep the water was you were in and "stuff" in between. But it was hard to determine what the "stuff" was. Could be fish, could be grass, could be who knows. It was pretty crude but the depth part was very useful.
The newer ones have the feature called side mode. It tries to give a better picture of what is really on the bottom. This is supposed to be a real picture showing a tire pile and some other stuff. Pretty cool if you ask me.
And it has a map showing depths and publicly known structures (manmade stuff dumped in the ocean).
And you can buy a chip that has a bunch of other stuff like navigation routes, local restaurants, gas, etcl.
I originally wanted the t-top guys to install it but he said it would take him a while because his electronics guy is booked up. So, I thought maybe I'd take a crack at it. But, sheesh, this requires drilling holes in my new boat and I'm sort of scared to do this. I dunno.