Looking Ahead
by Michael Fisher
Jun 15, 2017
3 minutes
The transducer head protrudes a few inches from the hull
When I started sailing 40 years ago, all I had was a leadline: no depthsounder, no electricity, in fact, but I managed (with a little luck) to cruise from Europe to the Caribbean, through the Panama Canal and on to the Pacific islands. I cannot tell you how much easier that would have been had we been able to see under the surface 100 yards ahead—as is now possible
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