Good morning to everybody.
I have a Hunter 340 year of 1997 and i cannot find the speed transducer.
Can you help please?
I have a Hunter 340 year of 1997 and i cannot find the speed transducer.
Can you help please?
Knot Transducer
- Thread starter ANGELS
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Usually forward of the keel and off set. Depth and speed next to each other. Sole hatch access from inside.
As Terry stated, forward of the keel and access is through the flooring in the cabin. Here is a photo of my 2000 340. (Sorry, the Knot Indicator didn‘t get in the picture when I took it)
You may be looking at the plugs that you “should” have when you look under the boat. And not the actual Depth and Speed (knot) indicators. Knot sensor will be a small paddle wheel. They each should be attached to a wire under the flooring.
Hope this helps you out.
You may be looking at the plugs that you “should” have when you look under the boat. And not the actual Depth and Speed (knot) indicators. Knot sensor will be a small paddle wheel. They each should be attached to a wire under the flooring.
Hope this helps you out.
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I wouldn't spend a lot of time searching for it as you are in sea water (salt water). The paddles are continuously being jammed with tiny threadlike growth which stops them from moving.
I have cleaned them up a few times when going on a long trip and the boat is moving every day. They stay clean that way. If they sit for more than a few days without moving, they're stuck.
I have cleaned them up a few times when going on a long trip and the boat is moving every day. They stay clean that way. If they sit for more than a few days without moving, they're stuck.
Around these precincts it is always helpful to have both speed through the water as well as speed over ground. That gives you the tide current effect when making passage. Both have equal value.
I used transducer bottom paint on mine and am trying to build a habit of swapping with the blanking plug when not sailing.
In hilton head in the summer the critters just look at the paint and go "oooo yummy".
Not a good idea. Anything on the paddles will knock the balance off and affect the accuracy.
Transducer paint is only suitable for the lens of a thru-hull depth transducer.
And here you thought you were ready for the America's Cup Race because you were showing eight knots in a light breeze
. Back to the drawing board.