Instrument settings?

[sandworm]

Hey guys, I'm looking for a bit of advice.

I've got an '80 C30, my first boat. I'm a little confused at the instruments though, the wind meter seems to be reading way off.

For example, yesterday, by the Beaufort scale, I would have thought the wind was around 12kts (brisk wind, a few whitecaps). The meter was reading 25-30 though. I was on a beam reach going approximately 5.5kts. I can't imagine apparent wind is more than my forward motion, so how does this work out? Is it possible that my wind meter is stuck in kilometers, and if so, is there a way to change it? There are no buttons on the panel.

Similarly, my speedometer doesn't work either, is it possible there is an intake hole below the water that's jammed or something?

Thanks for your help, I'm sure you guys have much more experience than me!

Duane

 

[Stu Jackson]

It would help to tell us what instrument manufacturer you have.

Speedos have a transducer with a paddlewheel in the water. You should have been given a dummy plug, too, so when you remove the transducer from the hole in the bottom of the boat you have something to replace it with while you clean the paddlewheel.

 

[sandworm]

Thanks! I can't seem to upload a picture from iOS, but it has a "Standard" logo on it.

The wind meter is what really drives me crazy though.

 

[gpd955]

Duane Here's the thread on posting photos

http://forums.hunter.sailboatowners.com/showthread.php?t=136818&#post888595

If you're trying to do it via the app on your mobile device, I can help with that.

My speedometer works for about 3 hours from when I put in for the season until I get to the marina... After that, the wheel stops spinning!

One upside about the wind instruments not working is you'll learn the feel of the wind and the boat's response without them. Mine hasn't worked on this boat since my first season with it. The PO gave me a brand new replacement and its been sitting in the box for years. The only instruments I use are the depth sounder and autopilot. It'd be nice to get everything working but I wouldn't make myself crazy over it and definitely wouldn't lose out on sailing time because of it! JMHO.

Get some pics up and maybe someone will point you (or your wind vane) in the right direction!,

 

[sandworm]

Thanks! Actually the problem was I was out on the boat, and Safari in the iOS7 beta kept crashing every time loaded the image uploader.

In any case, here's a picture of the panel. I popped off the casing on the back, but there is only a couple of tiny buttons labeled L and R. The actual wind was probably around 8kts. Even with apparent wind, I can't imagine it would be anywhere near the 20 that it's reading in the image.

Anyone seen this before? Searching for a name like "Standard" on google doesn't give me any useful results.

Duane

 

[gpd955]

These should be your manuals


Depth

http://www.standardhorizon.com/down...'s Manual.pdf&FileContentType=application/pdf

Wind

http://www.standardhorizon.com/down...Name=WS45.pdf&FileContentType=application/pdf

Speed

http://www.standardhorizon.com/down...'s Manual.pdf&FileContentType=application/pdf

If not go to www.standardhorizon.com then click on Owners Manuals, go to the Archived tab and scroll down to instruments

 

[sandworm]

Awesome, thank you!

 

[rgarrison@gmail.com]

Sounds like you have the owners manuals on-line but I believe I have originals in my documentation. If I can help, let me know.

 

[sandworm]

Thank you. I read the manual and discovered a way to set the wind speed units to either M/s or knots, but that seems backward. If there was actually 20M/s of wind, that means it'd be almost 40kts. Perhaps I'm reading it wrong?

With this being my first boat, is it possible there's actually 20kts at the top of the mast, and 8 on the water?

 

[Cayennita]

Thank you. I read the manual and discovered a way to set the wind speed units to either M/s or knots, but that seems backward. If there was actually 20M/s of wind, that means it'd be almost 40kts. Perhaps I'm reading it wrong?

With this being my first boat, is it possible there's actually 20kts at the top of the mast, and 8 on the water?

I think that you forgot to change to the proper units. Per second is not the same as per hour. 20 meters x 3.28 feet/meter= 65.50 feet/sec. Then change to mph or knots.