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General Activities => Main Message Board => Topic started by: Geoffreykwright on August 23, 2016, 07:40:55 AM

Title: ST 60 Wind Display
Post by: Geoffreykwright on August 23, 2016, 07:40:55 AM
Hi.  I have an ST 60 Wind on my helm.  Its worked perfectly for more than 10 years.  All of a sudden (yesterday) the wind direction (on the display) seems to be about 90 degrees of both the wind-vane on the top of the mast and the smaller wind vane on top of the "cups".  The mast head vanes seem to indicate the correct direction - the display on the ST 60 seems to be off.  The wind-speed the ST 60 is reporting seems to be correct - just the direction is off (by about 90 degrees).

Has anyone run across this before?  Thanks in advance.
Title: Re: ST 60 Wind Display
Post by: Dave Spencer on August 23, 2016, 05:16:14 PM
Hi Geoffrey,
I have a similar problem with my ST50 wind instrument except in my case, the display wanders away from the apparent wind direction and can end up displaying wind 180 deg from actual.  I suspect the connections at the base of the mast.  I hope to inspect further this weekend.  I found this on the Raymarine site that may be helpful. 
http://www.raymarine.com/knowledgebase/index.cfm?view=4254 (http://www.raymarine.com/knowledgebase/index.cfm?view=4254)

Let me know if you're able to correct your problem and I'll follow up with anything useful I can find.
Title: Re: ST 60 Wind Display
Post by: Geoffreykwright on August 24, 2016, 08:04:59 AM
Dave - thanks.  will let you know.