[C320-list] depthsounder problem

[wflowe3 at aim.com]

Due to our problem of zebra mussels jamming the paddle wheel, I Made a point of painting my paddles this spring when the bottom was done.  Speedo works fine and so far no zebra mussels to clean off.

Bill

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Fred LEcuyer <fred.lecuyer at live.com>
To: Catalina320list Catalina320list <c320-list at catalina320.com>
Sent: Mon, Aug 15, 2011 10:33 am
Subject: Re: [C320-list] depthsounder problem




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

> >