There are any number of ways to mount the lanyard. The lanyard tab may be mounted as shown or under a transducer bracket mounting screw, if available.
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The Mounting Plate is engineered with 4 molded-in #10-32 screw inserts. Prior to adhering, the fixturing tab at the top of the Mounting Plate will assist with temporary mounting of the Housing onto the Mounting Plate. Use this while test fitting your transducer. The tab will also be utilized after the Mounting Plate has been adhered to your boat for subsequent adjustments of your transducer prior to fastening to the Housing. For the best transducer mounting location please refer to the instructions furnished by your electronics manufacturer. Confirm that the Mounting Plate will lie flat against your transom.
The Housing is designed with 4 horizontal slots upon which any combination may be used to mount your transducer bracket or other equipment. The Housing may be used solo (on boats with speeds that do not exceed 30 mph) and is fastened to the Mounting Plate with the provided ¾”x10x32. It may also be used in combination with the Set-back Plate fastened through the Housing to the Mounting Plate with the provided 1½”x10x32 screws. The 7/8”x10x32 screws and #10 nuts and Nut Holders will mount most transducer brackets to the Housing. DO NOT USE POWER TOOLS TO TIGHTEN SCREWS. NEVER SUBSTITUTE ANY OTHER LENGTH OF SCREW OR THREAD PATTERN TO FASTEN HOUSING OR SET-BACK PLATE TO THE MOUNTING PLATE. DO NOT OVER-TIGHTEN. PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE SCREW SIZES FURNISHED, LENGTHS AND THEIR INTENDED USES.
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The Set-back Plate™ will be very useful in instances when the user’s hull may have a steep deadrise. Some transducer brackets may be very short and restrict transducer reach for proper adjustment. The average transom “cant” rearward is approximately 14 deg. By installing SternMate, and more importantly, the installation of the “Set-back Plate” to the Housing, the position of the transducer is “moved rearward and downward” now making difficult mounting and positioning of transom-transducers on many of these hulls possible. An additional Set-back Plate may be stacked and is available as an option for greater reach or for further set-back in cleaner water. Other users may prefer to use the Set-back Plate to place the transducer nearer the rising slipstream of water, which occurs at speed behind a boat, is oftentimes less turbulent, or otherwise places your transducer in a “cleaner” laminar flow of water as it exits beneath the stern of your boat. Others may choose to use it just because it’s a pretty cool feature and looks nice. Many installer/users place the transducer much too deeply, in a futile effort to force their transducer to work properly. This causes unnecessary drag, turbulence and, at speed, generally tosses an obnoxious rooster-tail. Note: We recommend using the Set-back Pate for boats which attain a speed greater than 30 mph. Most users typically install SternMate for use with the Setback Plate.
The Set-back Plate™ is designed to fit into the Housing face recess and screw boss countersinks and mounted through to the Mounting Plate using the provided 1 ½”x10x32 screws. The Set-back Plate incorporates 5 horizontal slots, 4 of which are through-slots to the Housing. Any 5 of these slots may be used to mount most any transducer bracket utilizing the provided 1 ½”x10x32 screws, the #10 nuts and Nut Holders fastened thru to the back side of the Housing. All slots, except for the 4th slot, are designed to hold a #10 nut only. Should you find it necessary to use the bottom slot to mount your transducer, (machine screw/nut are not furnished) most likely it will be for a steep deadrise hull application when the transducer must be rotated to adjust parallel to the water. Use one screw in the bottom slot and fasten in 2 other places through the Housing for a secure "3-point" mount. In any case, secure your transducer in at least 2 (at least one machine screw on each side of your transducer bracket) places through the housing whether using the bottom Set-back Plate slot or not.
The Trim Snap may be snapped in place in the rectangular slot on the top side of the Housing and is purely decorative.
4 #10 Nut Holders are provided and are used on the inside of the Housing by placing the ears in any track or combination of tracks. The Nut Holder will seat flat and will grip for a secure hold. Place #10 nuts provided bottom first in the Nut Holders and assure that, when screw is tightened, threads extend beyond the nylon insert. Spares are included.
SternMate™ Adhesive is specially formulated to provide an extremely tenacious bond in the most demanding marine environments. It's structural bonding properties are uniquely designed for bonding the SternMate Mounting Plate to your boat hull, whether gel coat on fiberglass, aluminum or your wood hull. Utilizing a typical transducer mounting installation, tests have proved performance results unobtainable by most powerboats. Laboratory bonding tests with our specially formulated adhesive confirms adhesive strength to dramatically exceed the holding capacity of common mechanical fasteners. Note: Simple preparation and installation procedures must be followed as prescribed. Our SternMate transducer mounting system adhesive is gap-filling should there be any slight curvature of the transom behind the Mounting Plate.
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Ex: SternMate™ Lanyard attached to set-back Plate.
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Note: When installing on a V hull, it is oftentimes possible to install SternMate parallel to the water instead of on the angle of the deadrise. This can be accomplished if your particular transducer reach permits and you prefer it to be mounted in that manner. Every application is unique.
