On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 01:46:35 GMT, "Stan (the Man)"
wrote:

"JimH" wrote in
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"Stan (the Man)" wrote in message
4.196...

Now, in an attempt to bring this back on topic, I have a question for
the group. A friend insists that I wash and wax my boat while before
I re-launch it for the season. How necessary is that? Will it rot if
I don't?

--
Stan

I wash, polish and wax my boat before it is splashed for the season.
I also wash and wax the boat most every time I take it out from mid
June to September (when the water is warm enough for me to jump in at
a shallow sandy area). If I cannot get in the water I wash the boat
at the dock before taking it out.

I may be compulsive/obsessive but I like my boat to look clean when I
take it out, even for fishing. ;-)

Yeah, my friend is like that, too. What I want to know, though, is whether
or not it's necessary to the well-being of the boat.

It will help protect the gel coat, but if you keep your boat at a
marina with the same side to the sun all the time, you will get fading
no matter what you do.

But the gel coat will be in good shape.