Description
Find the bottom in the traditional style: no electronics or moving parts, the Nantucket Sounder is rarely known to malfunction or give false readings due to junk in the water. This depth sounder is solid bronze with number of sensible features. The 3-lb. bronze weight (safer and more durable than lead) has a hexagonal cross-section to prevent rolling. The cavity in base can be used for taking bottom samples (useful for piloting, diving, or anchoring considerations) and the the sounder comes complete with 60 feet of Dacron line that can be knotted every fathom and a burlap sea bag.
A bronze sounding lead with an inset hollowed star that can be filled with vaseline, grease, even peanut butter, so you'll know what the bottom's surface is like before you set your hook, as well as knowing how much scope you need for anchoring.
Complete Sounder: (line, lead, bag)
Sixty feet of line is included, and maybe knotted at each (international) fathom, for measurement.The sounding lead of many years ago was most often attached to a very long line, as there were no electronic sounders to probe great depths. Instead of a knot every fathom, more elaborate markings were used to indicate unambiguously a variety of depths: Weight of the sounder is 3 lbs
2 fathoms - a 2-ended scrap of leather
3 fathoms - a 3-ended scrap of leather
5 fathoms - a scrap of white calico
7 fathoms - 1 strip of red wool bunting
10 fathoms - leather bound with hole in it
13 fathoms - a piece of thick blue serge
15 fathoms - a piece of white calico
17 fathoms - a piece of red wool bunting
20 fathoms - a cord with 2 knots
30 fathoms - a cord with 3 knots
What the heck is a fathom? An "international" fathom is:
1.8288 meters
2 yards
6 feet
18 hands
72 inches
And a British fathom is 1.85 meters, or 6.08 feet.
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