On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 12:51:22 GMT, "katysails"
wrote this crap:


Because Miskegon Lake os dirty, because we had the hugest algae bloom I've
ever seen, and because zebra mussels don't care what they attach
to....everyone has them...they are not an exclusive animal...


I've never seen zebra mussels on a boat that had bottom paint.

And I sail on Lake Erie. If you put your hand in the water for ten
minutes, you'll have zebra mussels growing on it.





Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!

We all have bottom paint...we use VC 18 every year...and we all had zebra
mussels....Muskegon Lake is an industrial lake...we've noticed that our
bottom paint doesn't;t last as long as it did up at White Lake, which is
surprising since there were all those dilute contaminants from the old
Hooker plant there and the stuff from the tannery....no we've got a paper
mill...
"Horvath" wrote in message
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On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 12:51:22 GMT, "katysails"
wrote this crap:


Because Miskegon Lake os dirty, because we had the hugest algae bloom I've
ever seen, and because zebra mussels don't care what they attach
to....everyone has them...they are not an exclusive animal...


I've never seen zebra mussels on a boat that had bottom paint.

And I sail on Lake Erie. If you put your hand in the water for ten
minutes, you'll have zebra mussels growing on it.





Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!

"katysails" wrote in message
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We all have bottom paint...we use VC 18 every year...and we all had
zebra
mussels....

Next year try some VC 17.

Scotty

Was a typo....
"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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"katysails" wrote in message
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We all have bottom paint...we use VC 18 every year...and we all had
zebra
mussels....

Next year try some VC 17.

Scotty

Muskegon Chrinicle had an article yesterday about the algae bloom that has
terorized us the past 2 months,....turns out it's the blue green variety and
caused by the Zebra mussels...and is quite toxic (monocystins...of the kill
your liver type...) They've just put up warnings to not wade, swim, or let
your dog go in the water, and to not eat any fish out of Muskegon lake,
White Lake or Lake Leelenau, the 3 affected lakes. Of course, we've now had
several freeZes and the stuff is dying off...ya think they could have
determined this when the stuff was in full bloom???? They've got NOAA, U of
M and GVSU all working on the problem....

"katysails" wrote in message

Muskegon Chrinicle had an article yesterday about the algae bloom that has
terorized us the past 2 months,....turns out it's the blue green variety
and
caused by the Zebra mussels...and is quite toxic (monocystins...of the
kill
your liver type...) They've just put up warnings to not wade, swim, or
let
your dog go in the water, and to not eat any fish out of Muskegon lake,
White Lake or Lake Leelenau, the 3 affected lakes. Of course, we've now
had
several freeZes and the stuff is dying off...ya think they could have
determined this when the stuff was in full bloom???? They've got NOAA, U
of
M and GVSU all working on the problem....

A microbiologist from MSU was on TV today and stated that the fear of the
toxins was grossly overstated in that Muskegon Chronicle article. He said
you'd probably have to ingest a substantial amount of the actual algal
colonies to get enough to make yourself ill. Wading won't do it. Dogs,
OTOH, should be kept out of the water, as they tend to drink a lot while
swimming.

No, Chopper, stay on the dock. Oh wait! You don't have a dock, do ya?
:-)

Max

Or a dog that goes in the water....

"Maxprop" wrote in message
nk.net...

"katysails" wrote in message

Muskegon Chrinicle had an article yesterday about the algae bloom that
has
terorized us the past 2 months,....turns out it's the blue green variety
and
caused by the Zebra mussels...and is quite toxic (monocystins...of the
kill
your liver type...) They've just put up warnings to not wade, swim, or
let
your dog go in the water, and to not eat any fish out of Muskegon lake,
White Lake or Lake Leelenau, the 3 affected lakes. Of course, we've now
had
several freeZes and the stuff is dying off...ya think they could have
determined this when the stuff was in full bloom???? They've got NOAA, U
of
M and GVSU all working on the problem....

A microbiologist from MSU was on TV today and stated that the fear of the
toxins was grossly overstated in that Muskegon Chronicle article. He said
you'd probably have to ingest a substantial amount of the actual algal
colonies to get enough to make yourself ill. Wading won't do it. Dogs,
OTOH, should be kept out of the water, as they tend to drink a lot while
swimming.

No, Chopper, stay on the dock. Oh wait! You don't have a dock, do ya?
:-)

Max

we use VC 18 every year...and we all had zebra mussels

VC18 or VC18 Offshore? The non Offshore has no antifouling properties.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"Trains are a winter sport"

Why would anyone in fresh water use VC Offshore?????

"SAIL LOCO" wrote in message
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we use VC 18 every year...and we all had zebra mussels

VC18 or VC18 Offshore? The non Offshore has no antifouling properties.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"Trains are a winter sport"

Why would anyone in fresh water use VC Offshore?????

Um .................. So they wouldn't get zebra mussles maybe.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"Trains are a winter sport"