There are a bunch of us that use SI while fishing some very special rowboat-only waters. When I say rowboat, I mean NO motors of any kind (believe me, it is worth it). So, when we are moving we face backwards, which puts the side images on the opposite sides of the boat from how we are facing. It is more difficult than you may think to remember what is on the left of your scree is on the right side of your boat! To fix this, some of us have reversed the transducer, which degrades the image a bit, but also in my experience, puts a waypoint in the wrong place when you mark it on the SI screen. I have friends that disagree and say they don't have this issue with marking waypoints on the SI screen.
When I try to figure this out in my brain- I can't make left or right of it.
Can any of the experts here comment on the pros and cons of running a reversed SI transducer in our particular case?
HB- If you are listening, a reverse image mode for rowboaters, would sure make our lives easier...
Thanks everyone!