Hmmm.. sounds like a knotmeter is on the Christmas present wishlist, along with a wind speed instrument as well. Better still, I might as well go the whole way and set up full electronic instrumentation, the stuff you see on keelboats. Just kidding. Peter, you wrote: "Mate you kept that a secret! Didn't know you had one - does it come with champagne, silk lined lounge chairs, gold plated taps, Beluga caviar, plum pudding and all the other essentials? If so when should I join you in an expedition?" No, I sail the best sort of yacht; owned by someone else who pays most of the bills! I am just crew... what is caviar? The boat is a crusing yacht, from the 50s, with displacement hull which explains slow speeds by today's standards. But competed in numerous Sydney-Hobarts, Melbourne-Hobarts, Sydney-Fijis through the late 50s and early 60s. Back when boats were built out of wood to last more than one season.. BTW, I reckon that crazy Pittarak mate of yours would make a good article for the mag..??? Thanks Michael for your GPS v Knotmeter explanation. Makes sense. Cheers, PeterR , Wollongong. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 08:41:00 +1000, "Peter Rattenbury" <ratten_at_uow.edu.au> said: > Hmmm.. sounds like a knotmeter is on the Christmas present wishlist, In the US there are 2 knotmeters available. The one from Speedtech (http://www.speedtech.com/asp/prodtype.asp?prodtype=35) is reportedly being discontinued (according to retailsers of the speedmate on the surf ski mailing list). I've lost a few impellers and replacements are getting hard to find... If you have multiple boats, and don't mind a little annoyance the trailing wire model might be good - plus there's nothing to lose so you don't have to worry about lost impellers. If I were buying a new one I would look at the Nielson Kellerman model. http://www.nkhome.com/rp/speedcoachp/speedcoachp.html I've been told that the speedtech knotmeter was an OEM version built by Nielson Kellerman, I don't know the truth to that. I plan to be buying an NK impeller the next time I lose the impeller for my speedmate, hopefully the rumors are true and I have a continueing source of replacement parts. Kirk -- Kirk Olsen *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
My SpeedTech knot meter has Nielson Kellerman printed on the back. After it got waterlogged and died, I got a SpeedCoach directly from Nielson Kellerman. It is very similarly constructed with many identical parts. I have not used the NK unit yet, but it appears to have some nice features. The impeller mount is different from the SpeedTech, but the impeller itself is indistinguishable: same threading etc. Nick On Sep 2, 2004, at 10:24 AM, Kirk Olsen wrote: > I've been told that the speedtech knotmeter was an OEM version built by > Nielson Kellerman, I don't know the truth to that. I plan to be buying > an NK impeller the next time I lose the impeller for my speedmate, > hopefully > the rumors are true and I have a continueing source of replacement > parts. Nick Schade Guillemot Kayaks 824 Thompson St Glastonbury, CT 06033 USA Ph/Fx: (860) 659-8847 http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 11:14:33 -0400, "Nick Schade" <nick_at_guillemot-kayaks.com> said: > My SpeedTech knot meter has Nielson Kellerman printed on the back. > After it got waterlogged and died, I got a SpeedCoach directly from > Nielson Kellerman. It is very similarly constructed with many identical > parts. I have not used the NK unit yet, but it appears to have some > nice features. The impeller mount is different from the SpeedTech, but > the impeller itself is indistinguishable: same threading etc. Thanks Nick. It's good to know that all I will need is the replacement mount. I really like the knotmeter for working on stroke efficiency. I discovered that raising my top hand a couple inches _found_ an extra .4 knots. I just need to learn to keep my top hand that high ALL the time, it tends to drop when I'm not paying attention or get lazy. Kirk -- Kirk Olsen *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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