pcatterall
Well-known member
Don’t start you NASA haters!!! I’ve had mine for 4 years and no probs and another for 4 years on a previous yacht......I like mine... so there!!
We had noticed that low wind speeds from one direction the direction would stick.
So up the mast ( of which more later!) mainly to fix the trilight ( Manufacturers name suppressed!) took WD 40 and gave the wind unit a good soak, there seemed to be some crumbly black gunge under the bladeand also some white stuff ( crumbly paint?) anyway I cleaned it out as best I could with one hand and sprayed a bit more.
The readout does seem more responsive so I hope my efforts worked.
Question:- under the vane is there some sort of washer/bearing which might have deteriorated? I could see a cap on top of the vane and guess that if I had prised it out I could have lifted off the vane to see for myself. Any way for next time I go aloft is there a spare part that I should have in my bag?
Thanks for any ( non slangy offen NASA tips) !!
We had noticed that low wind speeds from one direction the direction would stick.
So up the mast ( of which more later!) mainly to fix the trilight ( Manufacturers name suppressed!) took WD 40 and gave the wind unit a good soak, there seemed to be some crumbly black gunge under the bladeand also some white stuff ( crumbly paint?) anyway I cleaned it out as best I could with one hand and sprayed a bit more.
The readout does seem more responsive so I hope my efforts worked.
Question:- under the vane is there some sort of washer/bearing which might have deteriorated? I could see a cap on top of the vane and guess that if I had prised it out I could have lifted off the vane to see for myself. Any way for next time I go aloft is there a spare part that I should have in my bag?
Thanks for any ( non slangy offen NASA tips) !!