Re: Where is Hull No on Cal 28 - And Is This A Coil, or What? See photos

Yo, Bruce! that's just got to be in the lazaret on the port, or the transom. i just had a chance to look at the pictures, and i just noticed that you have a VDO-Marine knot-log. does it work? the transducer-end of those things are sort-of rare. i just got my self several of the VDO-Marine 4" analog clocks. but i am still trying to get one of the old style matching VDO-Marine ADIS 360 Compass. i have a new 4" VDO- Marine rudder angle indicator and sender unit. i like the line because i can make it interface with the ST-50 seatalk stuff; and i can make that work with all the NMEA-0180 and 0183 stuff. 5er ************************************** --- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, "Bruce Stirling" <bruce@...> wrote: > > Another Cal 28 owner wrote asking if I knew where the hull number was > located. I have a photo of mine, but never located it on the boat, yet. > Anyone know where it is to be found? I suspect under sink, sette, or in the > rear storage compartment. See photo. > > Also, I ran across this (see photo) and wonder what it is. Looks like some > kind of coil. If it is a remnant of my old Atomic 4 inboard, I can pull > this out, too, right? > > Thanks, > > Bruce Stirling >

Yo, Bruce! i just had a chance to look at the pictures, and i just noticed that you have a VDO-Marine knot-log. does it work? 5er ============================================= I do? Is that the coil-like thing? Or are you looking at a different photo? There is a knot meter located next to my compass, but I have yet to see it work. Then again, I may not know how to turn it on! My brother, Debbie, and I flipped every switch we found and never noticed anything "come on." Then again, we were probably sitting at the dock at the time. . . . We thought it was once connected to the old removed engine and/or we figured it probably had something to do with unfouling the bottom. I think the knot meter has an odometer, of sorts, built into it, too. Or was that a hour log for the motor? Can't remember. After we had a guy dive the boat, nothing changed. I just got in contact with the previous owner, who'd donated the boat to Boat Angels, who sold it on Ebay. I will try to track down a few things from him. He just offered to sell me the spinnaker pole found in the photos of the boat. I thought someone ripped it off the boat in Oceanside before I got there to pick it up. Said he might have a spinnaker, too, but doesn't know their value. Any ideas on reasonable used values? There are several knobs and cables located in the cockpit that once linked to the inboard Atomic 4. I plan to haul them out one day and glass over the holes. If you are interested in the old knobs, you can have them when I rip them out. I think there is a "C" in the middle of the knob. Didn't know if that was for "choke" or "Cal." If the knot meter doesn't work and I find something else to put in the hole, you can have that, too, assuming you can fix it. Several small holes where instruments once lived. A second marine battery lives where the inboard was once mounted, under the mahogany engine cover. I'd like to take the cover out, too, and reclaim the space. Don't know exactly what to do with placement of the second battery. I always hate to lose any wood, but this is kind of boxy, almost looks home made. Looks like someone whacked off a leg of the companionway ladder, and the whacked end rests on the engine compartment. Does this sound like original work to those who knew the Cal 28 back in the day? If I take out the box, I need a new ladder, too. Consequently, everything may just remain as is. ************************************** --- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, "Bruce Stirling" <bruce@...> wrote: > > Another Cal 28 owner wrote asking if I knew where the hull number was > located. I have a photo of mine, but never located it on the boat, yet. > Anyone know where it is to be found? I suspect under sink, sette, or in the > rear storage compartment. See photo. > > Also, I ran across this (see photo) and wonder what it is. Looks like some > kind of coil. If it is a remnant of my old Atomic 4 inboard, I can pull > this out, too, right? > > Thanks, > > Bruce Stirling >

slickbutfoxbuger wrote: > > i just noticed > that you have a VDO-Marine knot-log. does it work? the transducer-end > of those things are sort-of rare. > My other boat has a VDO mechanical knotmeter/log that I installed in about 1971. Actually, it's not a knotmeter because it's a MPH model (that's why it's on sale). But because of the location of the transducer, it's about as accurate when you read it in knots as when you take the data to be MPH. One tack is fast, the other is slow, and things kinda-sorta average out more or less. For accuracy, I'll choose the GPS. We don't have a lot of current in the Great Lakes, usually, so the difference between speed through the water and speed over ground isn't as big a deal as elsewhere. Does anybody service these old VDO mechanical devices? The pointer on mine got bent a little bit when the yard guy turned the pressure washer on it and pegged it once. Has anybody ever suffered a failure of the long plastic hose that the rotating drive cable runs inside of? You've got to use very large radiused bends to avoid friction, so the run of the hose is quite long. The transducer/drive unit is underwater (of course) and the plastic hose is what keeps the water out of the boat. It's always kept me slightly nervous to have this long potential leak inside my hull. There are lots of what-ifs. The device has been really durable and is blessedly non-electric, so it's a true low-maintenance item. Chris Campbell

you have one of the propeller jobs, Chris; VDO made both those and the paddle-wheel type in their VDO- Marine line for a while. the sender unites for both are very hard to find in new condition. but the gauges can be had everywhere. the ones for the paddle-wheel measure in knots as i remember. and it is those that i can interface with seatalk. the only place i have ever seen a new transducer of either type is on e-bay...... fiver ************************** --- In Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com, Chris Campbell <clcampbell@...> wrote: > > slickbutfoxbuger wrote: > > > > i just noticed > > that you have a VDO-Marine knot-log. does it work? the transducer- end > > of those things are sort-of rare. > > > > > > > My other boat has a VDO mechanical knotmeter/log that I installed in > about 1971. Actually, it's not a knotmeter because it's a MPH model > (that's why it's on sale). But because of the location of the > transducer, it's about as accurate when you read it in knots as when you > take the data to be MPH. One tack is fast, the other is slow, and > things kinda-sorta average out more or less. For accuracy, I'll choose > the GPS. We don't have a lot of current in the Great Lakes, usually, so > the difference between speed through the water and speed over ground > isn't as big a deal as elsewhere. > > Does anybody service these old VDO mechanical devices? The pointer on > mine got bent a little bit when the yard guy turned the pressure washer > on it and pegged it once. > > Has anybody ever suffered a failure of the long plastic hose that the > rotating drive cable runs inside of? You've got to use very large > radiused bends to avoid friction, so the run of the hose is quite long. > The transducer/drive unit is underwater (of course) and the plastic hose > is what keeps the water out of the boat. It's always kept me slightly > nervous to have this long potential leak inside my hull. There are lots > of what-ifs. > > The device has been really durable and is blessedly non-electric, so > it's a true low-maintenance item. > > Chris Campbell >