Joe wrote:
Well this marina has a shipyard with the average of 20 boats on the
hard all the time. Every evening Skipper and I walk thru the marina and
see what new and happening.


If Skipper is a dog, keep a close eye on him around the boatyard. A lot
of stuff is very toxic, and dogs don't have good sense about what they
should or shouldn't eat or drink.

Getting back to blisters, I have seen blisters that were oozing water,
and some that were oozing a stinky yellowish gunk. Never green though. A
couple of years ago we saw a Hunter with blisters you could hide a
softball in. All over the hull, I couldn't believe that they didn't go
all the way through. Made me think twice about the oft repeated line
that blisters are never a threat to hull integrity, but then, that was
the worst I've ever seen.

DSK

Yeah Skipper is a Schipperky dog. I never let him run loose in the
Shipyard. However he still manages to grab gear adrift all the time.
Never let him drink from puddles ect.

Yeah Ive seen some pretty bad boats myself. The worst are usually
Hunters and Bent-a-toes and many different 70-'s era boats. Its a
fiberglass rust for sure. Good thing about steel it tends not to rust
underwater, the water line and 6" up area is where I focus most efforts
on hull preservation. Oh and carver powerboats are the worst Ive ever
seen.

Joe

"Joe" wrote
Never let him drink from puddles ect.


Don't worry Joe, *he* won't rust.

Scotty

Not a rust problem, Just all the bottom paint in the yard. They have
been tenting boats and putting tarps under them for a year or two now,
but still he shouldent be drinking the water, playing with rags,
chewing tape balls ect...........

Joe

Joe wrote:
Yeah Skipper is a Schipperky dog. I never let him run loose in the
Shipyard. However he still manages to grab gear adrift all the time.
Never let him drink from puddles ect.


I'm always very paranoid about our dog any time we're in a boatyard...
since my wife & I both like to walk around looking at boats, it's not
uncommon.

Yeah Ive seen some pretty bad boats myself. The worst are usually
Hunters and Bent-a-toes and many different 70-'s era boats. Its a
fiberglass rust for sure.

I've read that in the early 1970s they switched formulations in
polyester resin because of increasing prices, and the cheaper stuff was
a lot more prone to blisters. OTOH I've also seen some blisters on some
pretty high-dollar boats that supposedly were immune.


... Good thing about steel it tends not to rust
underwater

Really? I guess that's why sunken ships never rust?

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/channel/titanic/

My impression has been that the worst rust problems are always in the
bilge inside the hull.... possibly because that's where the poorest
access for rust removal/prevention is...


... Oh and carver powerboats are the worst Ive ever
seen.


Haven't seen enough Carvers to say that, but I haven't seen much about
them that's great either. Lots of crappily built powerboats out there,
worse than sailboats IMHO. If you ever want to check out a truly
magnificently built boat, look at a Fleming... the motor world's answer
to Oyster sailboats...

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

There is a 65 foot fleming in the yard right now. Its plush.

Joe

Joe wrote:
There is a 65 foot fleming in the yard right now. Its plush.


See if you can get an invitation to check out the engine room. It's more
than plush, it's a first-class job in every detail.

DSK

The boat looks it. Made me think it might be nice to live on a trawler.
If I bump into the owner Ill see if he will let me tour the vessel.

Joe