Knotsticks
Rye Gewalt (ryeg@vais.net)
Tue, 29 Dec 1998 17:42:23 -0500
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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A while back there was some discussion of cheap easy knotmeters. The
West Marine flyer that I received today has a "Knotstick" advertised for
$23.49 (normally $38.49) that looks like a simple solution to the
problem. (Pg. 13) It appears to work on a spring/drag principal where a
line is thrown out and the amount of drag is converted to knots on a
calibrated spring scale on the inside of the clear tube. It claims to
have three ranges 0-3-6-9 knots which sounds just right for Potters of
either size.
Anybody have any experience with one of them?