On Mar 24, 5:49 pm, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:
"And steel rusts, and rust never sleeps. From the moment you get a steel
boat until the day they cart you away, you're going to be dealing with
rust."

"Rust is a simple process. All it requires is some steel, some water,
and time. Add a little salt and it doesn't take so much time. Add some
electrical current to the salt and water, and the steel melts like a
snow cone on hot pavement."

"The only protection against rust is maintenance. From the day the steel
rolls out of the mill it has to be protected from rust. Pickled,
blasted, coal-tarred, epoxy painted, sanded, needle-scaled, painted,
painted, washed down, and then painted some more."

Poor Joe. Never has time to learn how to re-use a Sta-Lok mechanical
terminal. Maybe it's because he spends all his time scraping rust and
coating his steel hull which is melting away like a snow cone on hot
pavement. Bwaaaaaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhaha! Yup, keep it painted
red. You'll hide all the rust streaks and give yourself the false
allusions that you have a strong boat.

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Wilbur Hubbard

You left out the good stuff Neal..Damn you.

Steel and fiberglass are the hull materials used in almost all
American fishing boats. You see a few wooden and aluminum hulls, but
for boats under fifty feet, fiberglass is the material of choice.
Above fifty feet, steel predominates. Above 100 feet, steel is about
the only game in town.

Steel has many excellent qualities. It's strong and it's cheap. Steel
is everywhere, and it's easy to build with. Smack a steel hull into a
dock or a rock, and you get dents, which can be repaired alongside the
dock, even in cold weather.

With all these good qualities, it's easy to wonder why all boats
aren't made of steel.

Joe