Rusty13

Yes, the piece that is being held is screwed back into the boat using about 8-10 self-tapping screws in the carpet. Thank you for the suggestion! The piece is pretty sturdy in my opinion when it is fully screwed back into the deck of the boat. My small Lowrance unit is on there now with no issues, granted the weight is vastly less than the new unit. Agreed. That's a good idea. My brother works for LP so I should be able to get some kind of weather treated or laminate material for backing.

As the title states, I am looking for any tips or suggestions anyone might have for mounting a Garmin 93sv to the bow of my Bass Tracker Classic XL. I have purchased a Ram-D-115-C in order to mount my unit. I have provided pictures that I hope illustrate the situation decently well. Essentially the mount will be attached to a thin piece of metal flooring (shown lifted up in the pics below). My question is, should I be placing a wood block or some other material beneath that surface layer to drill into to give the mount more strength, or should I be drilling through the surface layer and into the metal decking below? I'd really appreciate any kind of help or suggestions that can be provided as I have spent all this money so far and would hate to screw it up on the 1 yard line. I can provide any additional pictures or info that may be required to assist. Also, I wasn't sure if this is more of a boat category question or an electronics question so if I have added this in the wrong section, I do apologize.

My thoughts exactly! Thank you again for a definitive answer.

I know that was a probably a dumb question, but thank you very much!

I currently have a Garmin 73sv at the console of my boat and was looking to upgrade my front unit as it is just a basic Lowrance unit that came with the boat. Would I be able to buy a new UHD 93sv and transducer for my bow and then be able to connect both units to see waypoints/marks that I have left on my console unit, or vice versa? I have pulled up many Garmin support pages and I tend to believe that I can do this but I want to be sure before I pull the trigger on a new unit. Thanks Edit: realized after posting I forgot to clarify. The console unit is a Garmin Echomap Plus 73sv, the bow unit I am looking at is a Echomap UHD 93sv. Sorry