Frogwatch wrote:
I dont sail in the summer. It is basically hot with nearly no wind
except during thunderstorms. So, the boat sits in that canal all
summer with nothing to do except to grow barnacles on the prop, THEN,
wehn I do decide to use her, I have to go into that nasty water to
defoul the prop. Although right now I foolishly think I am
imperviouis to anything in the water, that will not always be true.
However, today I found that when I finally turned my boat so her stern
is to the dock, I can easily see my prop and could reach it with the
boat hook.........
Why not get a plastic bag with a draw string, use boat hook to pull it
over the prop and then pull the drawstring? When I want to sail, I
simply tie a Sawzall blade to the boathook and rip the bag off.
Thoushts? (see, I am still dehydrated from being on that dock today)


Becasue just hatched barnacles are miniscule and will float in there
anyway and grow on it anyway..you'll just be making a nice safe
environment for them there...paint it with anti-fouling paint or some
capcesin (so hot stuff) Works for the Navu...