Stopping an inrush of water when fitting the log

[sailaboutvic]

I think I have the answer, I just don't Remover it ,
Waste of time anyway , has no sooner I clean the log . it get blocked up again .

 

[vyv_cox]

I think I have the answer, I just don't Remover it ,
Waste of time anyway , has no sooner I clean the log . it get blocked up again .

I antifoul mine with Velox. First time I pulled it was a couple of weeks ago after launching 2 May. Very little fouling on it, quick pass over with toothbrush and all clean again.

 

[Sea-Fever]

I appreciate this doesn't answer the question but.....I never fit my log into the hull in the first place. I can see my SOG on my phone and, if I wanted to, could deduct/add the tidal flow (also on my phone) for a reasonably accurate speed through the water. No water comes in at all when I do it that way. ;-)

 

[colind3782]

Furias such as my 332 are designed with a watertight trunk around the log. When I had a leaking o ring some time ago, the water only came up to the waterline and was fully enclosed by the trunk which forms part of the saloon seating/bunks.

 

[Daydream believer]

I appreciate this doesn't answer the question but.....I never fit my log into the hull in the first place. I can see my SOG on my phone and, if I wanted to, could deduct/add the tidal flow (also on my phone) for a reasonably accurate speed through the water. No water comes in at all when I do it that way. ;-)

It depends what you want from a log.I certainly would not want to fart about with a phone when i am sailing. I do not use the GPS as a guide for accurate measurement either as it only updates every so many seconds. If I am trimming sails etc i want to see immediately what effect my movements have on speed. But to many it does not matter & I can understand that- But a phone whilst I am sailing?? URGHHHHH

 

[Halo]

I stop most of the water getting into the bilge by plugging the drain in the area around the log with a sponge. Quickly pulling out the log /blank and replacing it with the log / blank only lets in about 1/2 litre which I mop up with another sponge. Maybe your log blanking arrangement requires nuts and bolts or something otherwise it is hard to see what the problem is unless you are nervously foootleing around.

 

[Sea-Fever]

It depends what you want from a log.I certainly would not want to fart about with a phone when i am sailing. I do not use the GPS as a guide for accurate measurement either as it only updates every so many seconds. If I am trimming sails etc i want to see immediately what effect my movements have on speed. But to many it does not matter & I can understand that- But a phone whilst I am sailing?? URGHHHHH

Yes I know what you mean. I used to enjoy working out transits and back bearings to navigate and now I just stare at my phone like I do every other day of the week. Sad really....

 

[sailaboutvic]

It depends what you want from a log.I certainly would not want to fart about with a phone when i am sailing. I do not use the GPS as a guide for accurate measurement either as it only updates every so many seconds. If I am trimming sails etc i want to see immediately what effect my movements have on speed. But to many it does not matter & I can understand that- But a phone whilst I am sailing?? URGHHHHH

I wouldn't had tho the few seconds it take the GPS is going to make any different .
Has I said I just don't both put the log in now , although Vyv has a good point , admittedly we don't have much current to worry about where I sailing at the moment .

 

[BrianH]

I wouldn't had tho the few seconds it take the GPS is going to make any different .
Has I said I just don't both put the log in now , although Vyv has a good point , admittedly we don't have much current to worry about where I sailing at the moment .

+1 from another non-racing, cruising sailor in the Med. where tidal streams are, in general, relatively weak.

The standard GPS positional update rate is at 1Hz (once per second) so for me accurate enough to dispense with the log, whose paddle-wheel needed removing on a regular basis in the brackish and warm, lagoon waters of my marina where the tube-worm reigns supreme.

I never trusted my paddle-wheel log anyway, it showed a 1 knot difference between tacks even when the plotter SOG remained constant. Being to one side of the keel, it was deeper on starboard tack so that may have been a contributing factor - or in less surface turbulence than when on port tack.

It soon became apparent just how silly was an extra and vulnerable hole in the hull for something that needed constant removal for cleaning, and that didn't add any more essential data than what I already had.

 

[john_morris_uk]

I appreciate this doesn't answer the question but.....I never fit my log into the hull in the first place. I can see my SOG on my phone and, if I wanted to, could deduct/add the tidal flow (also on my phone) for a reasonably accurate speed through the water. No water comes in at all when I do it that way. ;-)

Many of us prefer to know how fast and how far our boat is actually going through the water. The tide is rarely exactly as predicted and tidal atlases don’t show much detail anyway.

 

[john_morris_uk]

Several litres???????????????? Do it Quicker.

I agree. I remove our regularly and put the blanking piece straight in. After cleaning and replacing I don’t think I even get a litre of water in the bilge. I don’t block with a sponge either - just slide the new one straight in.

Anyway the only tedious part of one litre of three litres is the time it takes to sponge it out.