ians
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Good Afternoon All
Can anybody advise me where I can get a paddlewheel for a VDO Sumlog gauge
Many Thanks
ian
Can anybody advise me where I can get a paddlewheel for a VDO Sumlog gauge
Many Thanks
ian
sumlog paddlewheel
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byron
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Wotcha Ian, hopefully somebody will give you the answer you want but consider this. The cost of the wheel plus I assume a lift out to fit it will cost near enough what a Garmin 126/128 would cost. On my previous boat that's exactly what I did fitted a GPS and got all the extra benefits not the least being a more accurate speed measurement and no wrorries about a bit of weed catching on the paddle wheel.
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DavidJ
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Why do you need one.
The GPS is a much cleaner way of measuring speed over ground without a dangling paddlewheel thats forever getting encrusted in barnicles etc and getting crushed when the boat is lifted out.
I've got both and end up calibrating the paddle reading to the GPS reading so conclude "what the point?"
David
The GPS is a much cleaner way of measuring speed over ground without a dangling paddlewheel thats forever getting encrusted in barnicles etc and getting crushed when the boat is lifted out.
I've got both and end up calibrating the paddle reading to the GPS reading so conclude "what the point?"
David
ians
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Cheers Byron
Have all the GPS stuff etc, nice to know the speed of the tide with the differance between the GPS and Speed log.
Had a sumlog on my last boat which broke and the marina had the paddlewheel on order for a year and never got one.
The paddlewheel can be extracted without taking the boat out of the water, which is good fun.
I was told that once you pulled the piece out, a bung automatically blocked the hole ! well it didnt, it was fun and I swollowed quiet a bit of water, then found a proper plug.
Lesson learned, dont be looking down the hole when you pull the plug out.
many Thanks
ian
Have all the GPS stuff etc, nice to know the speed of the tide with the differance between the GPS and Speed log.
Had a sumlog on my last boat which broke and the marina had the paddlewheel on order for a year and never got one.
The paddlewheel can be extracted without taking the boat out of the water, which is good fun.
I was told that once you pulled the piece out, a bung automatically blocked the hole ! well it didnt, it was fun and I swollowed quiet a bit of water, then found a proper plug.
Lesson learned, dont be looking down the hole when you pull the plug out.
many Thanks
ian
