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

[Chris Burti]

At my age, any statements of advice become more like aphorisms...applicable
to many different situations without rewrites <grin>
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Jane & Ken <obuoy4848 at sbcglobal.net>wrote:

> Since Orlando is off sailing, I must try to be humorous for him.
> Chris,
>    I hope you were referring to your knotmeter.
> Ken
> --- On Mon, 8/24/09, Chris Burti <clburti at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: Chris Burti <clburti at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Knot meter cleaning.... In water?
> To: C320-List at catalina320.com
> Date: Monday, August 24, 2009, 11:29 AM
>
>
> 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
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Chris Burti Farmville, NC
>



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