Seafarer 3

[yawler]

Does anyone have a manual for this lovely vintage depth sounder? I've got one and no matter where I am or what setting it is on it says I'm in 1 foot of water.

A manual or insights would be greatly appreciated. I can not find a web site for them either, must be long gone.

[Trekka]

I have one in a box with manual but it is in my boat storage locker. PM me here in a week and I should have retrueved it by then.

I presume you have adequate power to it, have adjusted the gain, and the feet/fathom switch?

[FSJDan]

Hi Trekka;
I'm a new user, and a new sailor as well, just bought a San Juan 24 with a seafarer 3 in it, and was wondering if you would be able to email me a copy of the manual as well. The depth sounder is permanently stuck on @ 6' of water. I checked the transducer, and it appears there is mineral oil in the well, but I have no idea if there is enough, or what the problem is.
Any help is gratefully appreciated.
Dan

[Valiente]

I would be interested as well, if this is ever sourced, because I have a working one and a dead spare from which to cannibalize. I have an Eagle fishfinder as the primary, but I use the Seafarer from time to time at the nav table when following a contour.

[Trekka]

Ok Guys, send me PM's here with your email addresses.
I photo'd the pages with a hirez camera and the result is easily readable.

[RhodesSwiftsure]

I spent two months trying to sort out why a depth sounder from the 1960's was not working properly, and eventually traced it to the LCD display. But everything I learned from that experience would lead me to conclude that if your display is showing a clear and crisp output (of, apparently, 1 foot) that the main unit is actually working properly and it is almost certainly the thru-hull unit that is sending bad data.

From my experience, your best bet would be to pull the thru-hull, get every part number you can off of it, and then enter those long part numbers into a google search. It's amazing what spares can come up at very reasonable prices.