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Re: [Cal_Boats] Speed unit - Try GPS

ng… [at] comcast.net2006-01-05 00:55 UTC
Hi, I hate it when I go on the other tack and it feels good, but the knotmeter says I am going slower. Insight into this would be to suggest you check the speed on GPS. It is speed over ground, which is more accurate anyway, with current, waves, etc. When motoring up the St Clair River into the mouth of Lake Huron the current down is about 6 knots, the meter says I am going 6 and the GPS says I am going 3. Just another reason to use GPS. Later, Nick 'Jade' Cal 9.2 From: "tilleytom" <ti… [at] yahoo.com> Last year when "Lenochka" was hauled I replace the speed unit, including the paddle-wheel sending unit, with new Standard Horizon units. (Okay, next time I'll pick a company who it NOT getting out of the instrumentation business.) Now the speed unit works "intermittently" - usually not as I am leaving the dock or for about the first 3-4 miles, then it start working - most of the time. When I "troubleshoot" it - ie, the sending unit out and in my hand - blowing on the paddlewheel, the unit works with no problem. And I keep the boat pretty clean as well. Also - when first "splashed" after the boat job, the unit worked without problems. So - when I installed the new thru-hull housing, after I read the directions several times I kept coming to the part that said "if the housing is not being installed on the centerline of the boat, angle the housing slightly towards the bow of the boat to account for the flow of water over the hull." I am beginning the think that I may have pointed the unit a little too much towards the bow and that water flow is pushing the paddle wheel into too much side contact/friction and that is the reason is does not work consistently. Can anyone give me some validation or contradiction or other insight? Thanks in advance. TomT 1982 Cal 9.2 "Lenochka" Hull #52 San Mateo, CA YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "Cal_Boats" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.