Cray. Don't worry about hijacking my thread. I won't lose any sleep over it. LOL.
Brad I just mounted the transducer like you did. I like that. It's still protected and away from the motor. I went ahead and drilled 3 holes in the transom, coated the screws with marine sealer and ran them in. No more than my boat is in the water if they did leak I would never know it anyhow.
Hopefully if all goes well I will be at KY lake 3rd week of October. That may possibly be the first time I get to try out the HDS 9. I am hoping to get down to lake Shellbyville for a quick trip just to check and see if everything works on it.
Thanks everyone for your inputs.
I will have many more questions to come.