"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
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"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.

http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0...the-story.html


Wilbur Hubbard




Has anyone ever thought of laying fiberglass over steel ribbing that is
braced as
much as possible?

louis