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[Music]  hi Jeff Cote here with Pacific gout  systems what we're going to talk about  next is Sounders ultimately probably one  of the most important things beside a  VHF radio on your boat is knowing the  depth under your book so at its most  essential that's what a sounder or  transducer does for your boat and needs  to be inter connected to either an  instrument that converts that data and  actually shows you a number that makes  sense or it could be a display or an MFD  that has a built in transducer sounder  box inside that can translate directly  and take a transducer directly plugged  into the back of the display there's so  much innovation happening on the sounder  field right now there's Sounders that  look directly down there's now Sounders  that actually start fishfinders have  been out for at least 20 years even  longer you've got now Sounders that are  looking on the side of the boat  you've got Sounders you've got chirp  you've got Sounders now that look  forward on the boat we're tackling your  project on a sailboat in about a month  where the owner is putting a sound or  looking forward so there's a lot of  different choices with transducers and  Sounders as a boater you've got to make  a decision am i only looking for depth  as a number would I like to see a bottom  profile which I think there's merits  even if you're not a fish into fishing  you could actually have a bottom profile  for anchoring knowing what does the  bottom of the ocean look like so that's  really nice and then also side view if  you're anchoring in really technical  places do you want to see a little bit  of what's on either side of you or even  even more is looking forward of you the  nice thing about Sounders now is they  come in different frequency so you can  actually have and I've done that a lot  of boats that are going further afield  and we're depth is really important  we'll have one transducer at one  frequency and another transducer in a  different frequency and they can both  operate concurrently and so you can have  actually backup systems here I've got an  example of a transducer that is a  through Hall you've got transducers that  are in hall meaning there's no hole in  the bottom of the boat you've got  transducers that are actually they go in  and out you can take them out for  servicing without having to have them  re-- bedded there is honestly on some  websites a hundred different transducers  that are available from multiple  manufacturers so there's a lot of choice  out there  a lot of different price points in terms  of wattage you know how deep you want to  see how fast you're going to be going  when you're going to be going through  there's some fairing block options right  if this transducer is out of the hall if  you've got any further questions or  you're kind of wondering what's the best  transducer for my boat and what I intend  to do feel free to reach out to pacific  yacht systems and let us know how we can  be of assistance Thanks