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I'm purchasing one this weekend from BOE. I'll let you know how it goes. My boat doesn't have a good place to mount a thru hull and I'm on a trailer. I'm a career sonarman and the specs on this transducer look good on paper, especially the sensitivity (just as important as the transmit power). I'll let you know how it works after my first trip to the canyon edge. I'm attaching this to a Raymarine system. It does look big!

I stripped the bottom on my old boat and it is messy. Stipper works well, but you will have to hand sand with 600 and 1000 grit wet sand after and then polish with finishing paste. Unless your boat is a different color topside you should not have to paint. There will likely be scratches where the original owner scuffed the gelcoat and some of these may be deep enought to need gelcoat repair. When I was done the bottom looked good and it was worth it in the end although I would never do it again. Whatever you do don't paint over bottom paint. Most of this stuff is ablative (designed to fall off) and the stuff that is not will not allow the topcoat to adhere. And if you don't like it after, you just made a mess that has to be sanded off.