Stowe instruments

[cnh]

I have a Stowe log, and the paddlewheel seems to have died. Chandler told me Stowe went out of business 15 yrs ago! Anyone got a dead Stowe with a live paddlewheel?

Nicholas Hill


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[westhinder]

Try Simrad. I seem to recall Stowe was taken over by a company which in turn was taken over by Simrad. I managed to find spare parts for the wind instrument a few years ago. You may be lucky.

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[pete]

Hi Nicholas
Is it a blue paddle wheel with an outside diameter of 34.2mm ? I removed one from my Hunter Horizon (1989) around 2 years ago because the display went faulty and it has been in my garage ever since , It has no plug on the end of the cable but I seem to remember it was wired into a Stowe electronic box below the display as far as I know it should still be working .If its any good to you you can have it for the cost of postage.

Pete

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[philip_stevens]

Alan Williams of AW Marine has spares and repairs for Stowe instruments.

He is at Gosport. [urlhttp://awmarine.com/[/url] and go to Main Agents.

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Philip

 

[Eccles]

Beware - spares are extremely expensive !!!

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[brianhumber]

You can still get paddle wheels ( or could 18 months ago) from Simrad.

AW in Gospart in my exprience is very expensive or trys to be. Being short of time I asked what was the price to change the bearing in the anenometer and he quoted something horrendous. He then said he would supply me the bearing but I would bring the bits to him as it was a difficult job. To a Chartered Marine Engineer that was a red rag to a bull and as far as I am concerned he can stick his digits where it hurts most. I did the repairs myself, nothing difficult as I recall you just needed small tools like watchmakers use. Grrrr, He is at one end of the ripoff scale whereas people like Whale pumps are completely the opposite.

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[Gordonmc]

Have a look at the Airmar website.
They made transducers for most instrument systems and the site has a look-up chart for applications for all their through-hulls. If you go to the transducer you might even still have a label on the cable identifying the model.
The website will also list dealers.
Good luck!

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[PeteMcK]

AW has them: 95 quid.

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[jerryat]

Hi Brian,

Entirely agree! The prices AW Marine tried to charge me for an anemometer bearing repair was utterly disgraceful and far more than indicated in the initial 'phone call. I refused to pay and demanded that he removed the bearing and return the unit 'as was'. The price was then reduced by 50% (which I paid) but I was still bloody well ripped off in my view.

I would leave this company well alone unless you are a) desperate or b) get a WRITTEN quotation first.

Be warned everyone!!

Cheers

Jerry



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[JonJon]

The best you can say about AW Marine is that they could do with an intensive course in customer relations. Personally I wouldnt touch em.

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