[C320-list] depthsounder problem

[Fred LEcuyer]

John:

Did it work earlier in the season? I'm told that if bottom paint gets on the paddles, it can affect (or kill) the reading.

Fred
First light #920


> Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 15:47:30 -0400
> From: jcmeyers7 at gmail.com
> To: C320-List at catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] depthsounder problem
> 
> Joe, did cleaning the wire contacts fix the problem?
> 
> I would be interested also because it is similar to my problem which is the
> knot meter which says 0.0 all the time now. The paddle wheel spins OK. I use
> my GPS for speed but would like to get true wind speed again. Any
> suggestions would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> John
> Wind Chime
> 406
> 
> On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Joe Abbagnaro <jabbagna at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I had the same problem on Hull 574.... did the same thing cleaned and
> > checked wires.
> > If you bang on the head sometimes it would come back.  I just ended up
> > replacing the head
> > with I think the Raymarine ST50 ??  It is compatible with the old
> > transducer.
> >
> > Good Luck
> > Joe
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 2:00 PM, lwhite808 at gmail.com
> > <lwhite808 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >  My '99 320, hull number 624, has the same Autohelm (now owned by
> > Raymarine) instruments in a navpod at the helm station that most of you
> > have.  Following a recent cruise to Molokai, Lanai, and Maui, which included
> > some wave-bashing channel crossings, my faithful depthsounder went blank.
> >  After the trip, I opened the pod and took apart the connections, to all the
> > instruments, and squirted them with WD 40.  Now the sounder flashes 0.0 ft,
> > and I'm wondering whether any owners in our online help group has a
> > suggestion for a next step.  I don't suspect the tranducer in the bow, or
> > the cabling running aft, which leads me back to the instrument at the helm.
> >  Any ideas?  By the way, Mike Matthews, who owns one of four 320's in
> > Hawai'i, is probably at sea or back in California.  After buying the boat
> > years ago, he sailed it to Hawai'i, lived aboard, then missed California so
> > sailed back to the coast, then missed Hawai'i so he did a return voyage, and
> > has now disappeared again, so I suspect he's back on the West coast.  These
> > are passages of thousands of miles, and he sails alone!  These are tough
> > boats.....   Thanks for any suggestions about the depthsounder.      Dave
> > White, Honolulu Hawai'i, C320 Tradewind
> >