The last few seasons we have sailed both the Watch and Gw52 screen flashing on and off , downloads fine but just hard to tell what results you have had over the session .

Any one else having issues

Had mine do the same while sailing with Mr Keen. Both did same at same time.

Yeah I lost all my sessions after it started. Lucky I had the GT31 as backup.. Happened twice.

Yes mine did the same at Gold Coast Train on the 24th Dec in the afternoon, it kept the distance sort of ticking over after I did few watch restarts but I lost any speed information during the flashing

Anyone out there who hasn't had a problem with a GW60. Reminds me of the Leyland P76 which ended up being called a P38 because it was only half as good as it was claimed to be.

Hroar said..
Anyone out there who hasn't had a problem with a GW60. Reminds me of the Leyland P76 which ended up being called a P38 because it was only half as good as it was claimed to be.

I've had my share of problems, and I'm seriously p**d at Locosys for claiming the watch cannot be repaired when Mike proved the opposite, but it's still the GPS I use the most. It's just too darn convenient, and works just fine most of the time.
If I think a session may be good enough for PBs, I often also use a u-blox GPS or a GW52 as backup; other days, I rather use GPSLogit to tell me how fast I am. Quite fun to fun out that you can sail through Fangy's thickest weeds without loosing any speed!

Anyone who has not had problems is very lucky or not sailing much time on water.

I am constantly helping people with software and hardware issues.

I am now on my third watch.

Best way to try to prevent issues is to wash in fresh water straight after use.

Never push buttons while on water as they are not waterproof.
Many of the issues I have seen are from salt getting into contacts.

Also have had the issue with zero readings in the afternoon however distance is still recording.

Cocky2 said..
Never push buttons while on water as they are not waterproof.
Many of the issues I have seen are from salt getting into contacts.

Also have had the issue with zero readings in the afternoon however distance is still recording.

That's the big one Cocky, not only when on water, but if the watch is wet when you get back on land, Water can collect inside the button housing, pushing the button lets it into the watch. Mine got water in because I was wearing it over a bunched up spray jacket, when I crashed the spray jacket pushed the buttons underwater.

The zero readings are a poor satellite problem, the watch has a smaller antenna than the other devices, and the underhand grip doesn't help either.

AUS02 said..

sailquik said..

Hroar said..
Anyone out there who hasn't had a problem with a GW60. Reminds me of the Leyland P76 which ended up being called a P38 because it was only half as good as it was claimed to be.

Yes. Me. Not one single thing I would call a 'problem'.

I am sure there are lots of others too, but they dont complain because they dont have any problems.

I wear mine as a watch and use it a lot sailing and have never had a problem. It was one of the very early ones. The charger once had a pin stick and that just needed a tap for it to spring back out.

I bought mine the same time as Daves and it died the other day. It was turned off and then started vibrating for no reason. I didn't wear mine as watch maybe thats the secret....... I think it lasted 2 years or was it a year......

Had the zero readings yesterday and in GPS results there was 5 satellites instead of 9.
The Distance was 5 km less in GPS results and on GW60 than when uploaded to KA.
The Garmin had no issues with data or distance at the same time.

tbwonder said..

Cocky2 said..
Had the zero readings yesterday and in GPS results there was 5 satellites instead of 9.
The Distance was 5 km less in GPS results and on GW60 than when uploaded to KA.
The Garmin had no issues with data or distance at the same time.

Modern Garmins use the Glonass system as well as the tradition GPS system, so there will always be plenty of satellites in view

I have garmin edge 810 push bike gps and yesterday between 7.30am and 8.15am i could not get a signal. I use this gps often in this same location and have never had a problem before. So issues are not limited to the GW-60

Hroar said..
I did 162 sessions in 2018, how many did you do Daffy?

You win. Congratulations.

10,770 kms I got, how many for you olskool ?