Sinking feeling. Even more so when I started reading into the system and found I have the more expensive Nexus nRace model that would set me back a thousand dollars to replace.
Oh well, we calibrated the log then had a nice sail double handed. Upwind and down with a sprinkling of dolphins riding the bow and cavorting in deep blue waters. At no point did the prop consider moving.
On my return I started looking into it. Part of me wondered if an electrical fault could stop the prop like that, or if an electrical strike might have damaged it.
Looking at the server two LED lights were on under the wind connections and voltages were all pretty much zero, according to the manual this indicates a connection issue.
Climbing the mast I pushed the propeller around with a boat pole (it's a bit too high for me to safely get to with my climbing setup) but it didn't want too turn. I then pulled up the hose and sprayed it with water. Just as I was about to give up and look into removing the unit from the mast top for further maintenance it started turning and a minute of spray later was running freely.
Returning to a more sensible level I turned on the instruments with some trepidation and to my relief once again have readings!
Would probably be good for garmin / Nexus to update their manual to say the LED's and a stuck propeller could just mean go clean stuff.
The two lower lights were stuck on.
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