"Joe" wrote in message
...
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:: Biggest problem is getting rid of 300
:: gallons of gasoline thats to old to use. Any suggestions?



That should be no problem at all. Get an auxiliary tank big enough to get
you out to international waters than dump the old gasoline. It will
evaporate fast.

I looked at my required, waste disposal placard and it says that outside 25
miles the only thing illegal to dump is plastic so you should be legal.
Hell, ships empty their oily bilges and ballast water out there all the
time.


Wilbur Hubbard

Hi Wilbur - Lydia here! Just wanted to say how much I love the color of
your boat (yellow is absolutely my favorite color, even though if I try to
wear it I look like I just rose from the grave). Nice boot stripes - did
you do them? She looks lovely.

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"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
anews.com...
I had my fine, blue water sailing yacht hauled last week and applied three
gallons on Trinidad Pro bottom paint. It amounts to six coats on the
high-wear areas along the LWL, rudder and keel and four coats everywhere
else.


Here are a few photos that show the very clean and ultra-fast underwater
design.


http://www.badongo.com/pic/11238469

http://www.badongo.com/pic/11238471

http://www.badongo.com/pic/11238475


After viewing the photos, even you Brit ******s will understand how no
boat with a similar LWL (23-feet) can expect to keep up with 'Cut the
Mustard'. You lazy sailors with your big diesels and big props dragging
through the water lack a knot or two compared to my real sailboat
configuration. I sailed back to my mooring in the company of a 1975,
Dufour 30 - the one with the five-foot draft and racy bulb keel - and I
put her hull down in an hour under working sail in 12-15 knots of wind on
a reach. And the Dufour is supposed to be a fast boat.

P.S. A special note to Capt. Joe of "Red Cloud" infamy. Where's the photos
of "Red Cloud's" new bottom paint? LOL!


Wilbur Hubbard

"Flying Pig" wrote in message
...
Hi Wilbur - Lydia here! Just wanted to say how much I love the color of
your boat (yellow is absolutely my favorite color, even though if I try to
wear it I look like I just rose from the grave). Nice boot stripes - did
you do them? She looks lovely.


Thank you. Hi Lydia.

Sounds like Skippy knows how to chose an intelligent woman of impeccable
taste in yachts. Nice to hear from you. I put the boot stripe on but it's
tape, not paint. It's about eight inches higher than the original as the
boat contains lots more weight now in live aboard trim. The hardest thing
about using boot stripe tape when raising the LWL is getting it halfway
straight around the curvature of the hull. I bought the tape at West Marine.
Had to get two fifty-foot rolls as one roll ended up being about a foot and
a half short. Now, I have 48 feet left in case it's needed for repairing
scuffs.

The yellow is Imron paint professionally sprayed on about 25 years ago. I
bought the boat about a year after the original owner had it sprayed. They
used to race the boat and it was very stripped down and light at the time.
The paint job has held up pretty well all considered. I intend to paint the
faded blue above the rubbing stake again to a darker blue to match the cove
stripe and middle blue of the boot stripe and darker blue of the name. Have
to wait for warmer weather, though and less wind. Will do it in the water
standing in the dinghy.

What do you think of mauve-colored cushions in the accommodation? Everybody
else likes to make fun of them but I think they look just fine.


Wilbur Hubbard

"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
anews.com...

I had my fine, blue water sailing yacht hauled last week and applied three
gallons on Trinidad Pro bottom paint. It amounts to six coats on the
high-wear areas along the LWL, rudder and keel and four coats everywhere
else.


Here are a few photos that show the very clean and ultra-fast underwater
design.


http://www.badongo.com/pic/11238469

http://www.badongo.com/pic/11238471

http://www.badongo.com/pic/11238475


After viewing the photos, even you Brit ******s will understand how no boat
with a similar LWL (23-feet) can expect to keep up with 'Cut the Mustard'.
You lazy sailors with your big diesels and big props dragging through the
water lack a knot or two compared to my real sailboat configuration. I
sailed back to my mooring in the company of a 1975, Dufour 30 - the one with
the five-foot draft and racy bulb keel - and I put her hull down in an hour
under working sail in 12-15 knots of wind on a reach. And the Dufour is
supposed to be a fast boat.

P.S. A special note to Capt. Joe of "Red Cloud" infamy. Where's the photos
of "Red Cloud's" new bottom paint? LOL!


Wilbur Hubbard
-----------

Looks good Wilburrrrr!
Mine is currently a habitat for all manner of marine life. Got to get to the
yard!

"MMC" wrote in message
g.com...


"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
anews.com...

I had my fine, blue water sailing yacht hauled last week and applied three
gallons on Trinidad Pro bottom paint. It amounts to six coats on the
high-wear areas along the LWL, rudder and keel and four coats everywhere
else.


Here are a few photos that show the very clean and ultra-fast underwater
design.


http://www.badongo.com/pic/11238469

http://www.badongo.com/pic/11238471

http://www.badongo.com/pic/11238475


After viewing the photos, even you Brit ******s will understand how no
boat
with a similar LWL (23-feet) can expect to keep up with 'Cut the Mustard'.
You lazy sailors with your big diesels and big props dragging through the
water lack a knot or two compared to my real sailboat configuration. I
sailed back to my mooring in the company of a 1975, Dufour 30 - the one
with
the five-foot draft and racy bulb keel - and I put her hull down in an
hour
under working sail in 12-15 knots of wind on a reach. And the Dufour is
supposed to be a fast boat.

P.S. A special note to Capt. Joe of "Red Cloud" infamy. Where's the photos
of "Red Cloud's" new bottom paint? LOL!


Wilbur Hubbard
-----------

Looks good Wilburrrrr!
Mine is currently a habitat for all manner of marine life. Got to get to
the yard!





Mine was beginning to get that way after ten years scrubbing. Much of the
paint was gone or very thin. While I don't mind doing a monthly scrubbing to
keep the slime off when the water is warm, I refuse to get in 50 degree
water to keep things under control. Also in the last year the barnacles were
starting to adhere along with some types of crusty coral growth. I hate
scraping barnacles and crusty stuff. It wears me out having to hold my
breath again and again and again. It was time - high time. Now it should be
good for years and years with just a light scrubbing from time to time.

Wilbur Hubbard

On Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:48:15 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

I hate
scraping barnacles and crusty stuff. It wears me out having to hold my
breath again and again and again.

You need a Hookah rig. You can build your own for $600 or so, useful
for other things also.

http://www.sailsarana.com/projects.php#hookha

I use one of these:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0001VO1Z8/

but amazon seems to be out of stock at the moment. Any small oil-free
compressor will work.

Wilbur Hubbard wrote:

"MMC" wrote in message
g.com...

Looks good Wilburrrrr!
Mine is currently a habitat for all manner of marine life. Got to get to
the yard!

Mine was beginning to get that way after ten years scrubbing. Much of the
paint was gone or very thin. While I don't mind doing a monthly scrubbing
to keep the slime off when the water is warm, I refuse to get in 50 degree
water to keep things under control. Also in the last year the barnacles
were starting to adhere along with some types of crusty coral growth. I
hate
scraping barnacles and crusty stuff. It wears me out having to hold my
breath again and again and again. It was time - high time. Now it should
be good for years and years with just a light scrubbing from time to time.

Why do you need to hold your breath to scrape barnacles?

Surely all you need to do is run her aground at high water, then wait for
low water and then half the hull will be exposed for you to do your stuff.
At the next low water make sure she leans over on the opposite side so you
can do the other half. Or wait a few weeks if you don't have time to do
both sides on two consecutive low waters, if you can live with asymmetric
performance meanwhile.

I know in your part of the world the tidal range is not very big, so you
will have to do it at springs when the range is 2ft, but I'm sure a skilled
navigator of your calibre will know what to do to avoid being neaped.

"WaIIy" wrote in message
...

Is it necessary to cross-post your silly post?


Yes, it's necessary in order to expose it to the largest possible audience
who might be interested in on-topic postings.

Cross-posting to related groups is not considered bad netiquette.


Wilbur Hubbard

"WaIIy" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 15 Dec 2010 12:19:16 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

"WaIIy" wrote in message
. ..

Is it necessary to cross-post your silly post?


Yes, it's necessary in order to expose it to the largest possible audience
who might be interested in on-topic postings.

Cross-posting to related groups is not considered bad netiquette.


Wilbur Hubbard


It most definitely is.



Wrong! To wit. . .

http://www.newsdemon.com/usenet_term_cross-posting.php

"Cross-Posting can be beneficial to users who wish to reach a larger usenet
audience of a topic that spreads across multiple newsgroups."


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting

"Crossposting is usually practiced when material is relevant and of interest
to the readers of more than one newsgroup"

http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/xpost.html

"Crossposting is easier than sending separate postings. You don't really
need any other reason. The following discussion is here to tell you why
failure to crosspost really disturbs people. "

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/posting-rules/part1/

"Usually, it is sufficient to post any article to a single newsgroup; the
one that's most relevant to the subject of your article. If the article
is really relevant to multiple newsgroups, then "cross-post" to the
relevant newsgroups by posting the article only once with all newsgroups
named on the "Newsgroups" header line. For example:

Newsgroups: comp.fish,misc.sheep,talk.ketchup"


****************

Get a clue, d00d! Bottom line is if you don't thing cross-posting is OK then
don't you cross-post but stop your net nannying of others who don't agree
with your control fetish.


Wilbur Hubbard

"WaIIy" wrote in message
news
On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 10:20:17 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

Get a clue, d00d! Bottom line is if you don't thing cross-posting is OK
then
don't you cross-post but stop your net nannying of others who don't agree
with your control fetish.


Wilbur Hubbard

Although you are amusing at times, you suffer from a self-importance
psychosis.

Changing your nick constantly, showing pictures of an average paint job
on an el-cheapo boat, bragging about fixing things with electrical tape
and Home Depot pipe, pontificating about places and things you have
never experienced, whining about boats with engines when you have an
engine, comparing a sailboat bottom to a whale and myriad other examples
would support my theory.

Individual posting to one group at a time is the courteous thing to do.
Cross-posting is for the ignorant or arrogant. Pick one or both.




Spoken like a nice little net nanny!


Wilbur Hubbard