Cleaning an impeller

[jimi]

1) Unscrew the depth sounder by mistake
2) curse as jet of water hits one in eye
3)put blank in
4)bail out boat
5) pull out blank and replace with the other blank rather than the intended depth sensor
6) curse
7)bail out boat
8) pull out blank and replace with the other blank rather than the intended depth sensor
9)curse
10 bail out boat
11)replace with depth sensor
12)smile
13)bail out boat
14) pull out impeller
15)replace with blank
16)bail out boat
17)clean impeller and replace
18) bail out boat
19) nice cup of tea

 

[longjohnsadler]

Good thing you didn't try it when the boat was in the water.

 

[FullCircle]

I see a bail out boat pattern emerging here.
Are you selling bilge pumps? /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[FWB]

20) Empty Piggy Bank
21) Buy UltraSonic Speed Tranducer
22) Fit said Transducer
23) Never ever do 1) to 19) again
24) /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Malcb]

25) Decide that you really measure distance over ground
26) Decide that, therefor you really need t know speed over ground (and not through water)
27) Decide to rely on GPS and sod spinning plastic thingy under boat /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[cgull]

If GPS had been invented sooner the paddlewheel log would never have been invented anyway.

 

[jimi]

Dunno, I find it useful to know SOG and speed through the water, lets you know what the tide is ACTUALLY doing!

 

[tcm]

0) bollox to it and use gps for actual speed, tidal atlas for tide, and not whirlygigs.

 

[suse]

Jimi - don't you get the crew to do these things? Isn't that what staff are for, man? Let them have that sense of achievement - spread a little ray of sunshine further instead of hogging it all yourself...

S x