[C320-list] Knot meter cleaning.... In water?

[Chris Burti]

David,
Mine won't work even after cleaning unless I really make a major effort to
get it fully seated all the way down. Apparently, the way mine was
installed, as little as a mm or two makes a difference of all or nothing in
it working.

On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:50 AM, David Nolte <dcnolte at mac.com> wrote:

> Hi Warren,
>
> Great to hear from you. I cleaned my wheel yesterday, it didn't work
> anyway.
>
> My wind instrument crapped out this season, I do miss it, but it's not
> essential. So the depth finder is really the only gauge on the top of the
> binnacle working, thank God for that one.
>
> I agree with your assessments and sentiments re: the Bay.
>
> David Nolte
> Beach House #4
>
>
>
> On Aug 23, 2009, at 10:48 AM, Warren Updike wrote:
>
> Welcome to the Chesapeake Bay. After 5 years, this Spring I finally stopped
>> trying to keep my speed transducer working. Though I cleaned it, replaced
>> the wheel, and painted it, it only worked for about a week. On the older
>> boats it's not so easy to pull it as it is inside and under the V-berth
>> cabinet. Plus, it has no internal valve to slow the water, plus the bilge
>> fwd of the mast does not drain to the pump. All problems that seem to have
>> been addressed in later models.  Bummer.
>>
>> So, with a GPS or chart plotter, why do you need boat speed anyway?  Well,
>> it's necessary to compute tide direction and speed, and to compute true
>> wind
>> if you have such an instrument. My wind inst. only works twice a season
>> and
>> then only for about 5 min.  Who needs tide info on the Chesapeake: it's
>> always running against you anyway. So, I concluded I don't need the
>> headache
>> of a speed transducer.
>>
>> On the matter of what fouls the paddle wheel, it's a mixture of surface
>> crud
>> and critters. The surface crud is a sad indication of the health of the
>> Bay.
>> The critters are testimony to the proclivity of life in waters that reach
>> above 80 deg. in the Summer. The turbidity of the water is such that, at
>> least above the Bay Bridge, it will no longer pass the tree-step test (how
>> many steps of the swim ladder can be seen once deployed.) My heart breaks
>> to
>> realize how bad it has become and how little political will there is to
>> address the problems; but, I must not turn this into a political drama
>> more
>> than it already is.
>>
>> Warren & Pattie Updike
>> Catalina 320, #62, "Warr De Mar"
>> Middle River, Chesapeake Bay
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Brad Kuether [mailto:bkuether at comcast.net]
>> Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 9:00 PM
>> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>> Subject: [C320-list] Knot meter cleaning.... In water?
>>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> Well the Chesapeake has already claimed it first victim on my boat.  The
>> paddle wheel for the knot meter stopped turning.  I was thinking I could
>> dive on the boat in shallow water (would have to buy a mask, etc)
>> OR possibly pulling the knot meter while its in the water....  (of course
>> plugging the hole for a bit.
>>
>> Any thoughts on this, besides "be careful not to sink" ?
>>
>> If its possible and does the water just drain to the bilge?
>>
>> Thanks for any guidance.....
>>
>> -Brad, Mary, Monica, and Jarod
>> "Independence"
>> 2004 Catalina 320 Hull 1006
>> Middle River, MD
>>
>
>


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