Monday, July 30, 2012

Lead - Line for ‘Sandpiper’


‘Sandpiper’ does not have a depth sounder; therefore to measure the depth of water I have made a 1lb lead- line. Traditional leads weighed between 16 and 20lbs, but they could measure depths to 20 fathoms, i.e., 120 feet or 36.5 metres, and they had to be heavy to keep the line straight. As I shall only be measuring a maximum depth of 7 metres, my lead need only be a pound in weight.

Ten photos tell the story how I made my lead – line: 










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2 comments:

Paul Mullings said...

Have you left room for some tallow Bill, so you can tell what is on the bottom ha ha?
Cheers
Paul

William Serjeant said...

Paul,

Photo 7 shows there is a cavity at the base for tallow, but I do not have any.

Cheers,
Bill.