I can do that to,if you get me a crane

I wouldn't wash it, bad luck. That's the successful fishermans look.

lol

I have the helix 5 on my aluminum boat. No issues with the image quality etc. Same as my 898 minus the preset buttons. However, I have concerns about durability. My helix 5 crashed about 3 months after purchase. Would go off every time I hit a bump and would not get GPS fix at all. The unit was fixed under warranty.Was on the lake last weekend and it started to do the same thing again. It's a few months out of warranty now. I've always had great luck with humminbird and I'm not trying to trash their product at all, but you should get more than a year and two months out of a unit. Mine is probably just a lemon but I will not take another chance on a helix unit at this point.

Do you have the cable collector fully seated and have adequate power? That includes clean and tight connections to the power source, and a healthy battery that can perform all the functions connected to it.
If you didn't connect the power cord directly to the battery, try that.
Failing GPS is a sign of inadequate power.

I have the helix 5 on my aluminum boat. No issues with the image quality etc. Same as my 898 minus the preset buttons. However, I have concerns about durability. My helix 5 crashed about 3 months after purchase. Would go off every time I hit a bump and would not get GPS fix at all. The unit was fixed under warranty.Was on the lake last weekend and it started to do the same thing again. It's a few months out of warranty now. I've always had great luck with humminbird and I'm not trying to trash their product at all, but you should get more than a year and two months out of a unit. Mine is probably just a lemon but I will not take another chance on a helix unit at this point.

Brian the Helix 5 is on my G3 1860. I'm not at home but I would be happy to snap a pic of transducer location when I get back. I have gone thru all of the power diagnostics like before. Checked all connections, tested battery,hooked direct to a brand new battery just like before. You can hook unit direct to battery, give it a slight tap on the side of unit and it cuts off. Just like before. Again, not trying to hijack thread or bash humminbird. Just relaying my experience. I've had multiple humminbird units on various boats. Always had good luck until this one.

What are you going to do with those 3 new crankbaits?