At least for a year so I can get my parents out sailing as much as
possible - it's only 20 minutes from their place. Ultimately I want to be in
the Chessy though.
Scout

"Scotty" wrote in message
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Oh, NJ? ;(

Saw the big Seaward at the boat show, looked nice.

Scotty



"Scout" wrote in message
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Scotty,
It has an adequate coat of bottom paint for now but I'll
keep the VC-17 in
mind. I'm not planning on trailering it more than once a
year at this point
(between home and a marina). Takes all the fun out of it
if I have to drop
the mast and pull it home every time. I have a place lined
up for next
summer, in Tuckerton, NJ.
I've pressure washed the Gulf gunk off. Looks pretty good.
Not sure when
I'll get my first voyage in, too much on my plate to worry
about it but I'm
having fun figuring stuff out on the hard.
Scout


"Scotty" wrote in message
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Scout, check out VC-17 bottom paint. Great stuff for
trailer sailors.

When's the maiden voyage?

Scotty


"Scout" wrote in message
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"Joe" wrote in message


ups.com...

Scout wrote:
Anyone practicing safe sacks?

Hell no. Clorine is corrosive first...Second cant get
water for the
AC's and head.

Good point Joe, I guess I hadn't consider the AC! I
wonder though if it
still wouldn't work, that is, assuming the bag doesn't
actually obstruct
your intake, I wonder if the heat transfer through the
plastic would be
enough to keep the condensing water at or below design
temp. As for the
head, I assume (uh-oh) that you mean water for the head
which would end up
in your holding tank, and that you don't mean to say
you're flushing your
waste into the marina waters (like we did in the 60's &
70's). In any
event, I would imagine enough make-up water would get
into
the bag.
It looks like too much trouble for me, and besides, I
don't mind diving with
goggles and scraping, which I did with my Starwind. The
worst thing that
ever happened was some serious leg cramping (as in
charlie
horse) while I
had my foot hooked under the keel to keep me from
floating
up. Painful
stuff.
Scout