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How about a blister report, Capt. Skippy?
I recall predicting the "Flying Pig" might go as much as six months without new blisters rearing their ugly convexities because you didn't do an adequate job drying out the bottom preferring to believe some nonsense about a daily spraying with fresh water doing the job adequately. It's been what? About six months since you returned to the water? Have you snorkeled down and scrubbed the slime off the bottom and examined it for new blisters? Let me guess, you found several but they aren't very large yet with emphasis on the word yet. -- Sir Gregory |
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How about a blister report, Capt. Skippy?
From: " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·" åke
Newsgroups: rec.boats.cruising,alt.sailing.asa Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2013 5:33 PM Subject: How about a blister report, Capt. Skippy? I recall predicting the "Flying Pig" might go as much as six months without new blisters rearing their ugly convexities because you didn't do an adequate job drying out the bottom preferring to believe some nonsense about a daily spraying with fresh water doing the job adequately. It's been what? About six months since you returned to the water? Have you snorkeled down and scrubbed the slime off the bottom and examined it for new blisters? Let me guess, you found several but they aren't very large yet with emphasis on the word yet. -- Sir Gregory It's been nine months today. (Splashed 1-26-13) No blisters, and the barnacles brushed right off. LOTS more to come; the last one only got us into FL/GA, and the pattern continues. Currently enjoying St. Augustine, walking a couple miles a day, with family coming next weekend. Keep the faith; I just haven't taken the time to write... L8R Skip Morgan 461 #2 SV Flying Pig KI4MPC See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery ! Follow us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFlyingPigLog and/or http://groups.google.com/group/flyingpiglog When a man comes to like a sea life, he is not fit to live on land. - Dr. Samuel Johnson ----- Original Message ----- |
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How about a blister report, Capt. Skippy?
On Sat, 26 Oct 2013 20:46:18 -0400, "Flying Pig"
wrote: Currently enjoying St. Augustine, walking a couple miles a day, with family coming next weekend. Keep the faith; I just haven't taken the time to write... === It's getting cold in south Florida, the Bahamas are calling... |
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How about a blister report, Capt. Skippy?
On 10/26/2013 6:46 PM, Flying Pig wrote:
It's been nine months today. (Splashed 1-26-13) No blisters, and the barnacles brushed right off. LOTS more to come; the last one only got us into FL/GA, and the pattern continues. Currently enjoying St. Augustine, walking a couple miles a day, with family coming next weekend. Keep the faith; I just haven't taken the time to write... L8R Skip Check out the Lightner Museum. We enjoyed that quite a bit. Much to see. -paul |
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How about a blister report, Capt. Skippy?
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... On Sat, 26 Oct 2013 17:33:28 -0400, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·" åke wrote this crap: I recall predicting the "Flying Pig" might go as much as six months without new blisters rearing their ugly convexities because you didn't do an adequate job drying out the bottom preferring to believe some nonsense about a daily spraying with fresh water doing the job adequately. I can assure you that fresh water has nothing to do with blisters. My boat sits in fresh water every day and still gets blisters. Skippy believed the crap about in lieu of storing his blistered hull in a low humidity environment for a couple or three years so as to thoroughly dry out the laminate before coating it with a barrier coat that spraying it via a garden hose with tap water every couple of days for a month or so would somehow result in the laminate being completely dried out. I told him it wasn't gonna work and the idiot who advocated it was just that - an idiot. You should sell your boat and buy one that doesn't get blisters. It is the rare freshwater boat that gets blisters because osmosis generally doesn't take place when there's a membrane (hull layup) with fresh water on both sides of the membrane. It is the sal****er boats that have lots of humidity in the laminate and fresh water in the bilge from rain, etc. that get blisters. -- Sir Gregory |
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"Wayne.B" wrote in message
... === It's getting cold in south Florida, the Bahamas are calling... They keep getting a wrong number - though we're working on it. New reefer in sometime in the next week (maybe by Friday PM), boom repair right afterwards, thence to Stuart for the engine. Once those are finished, it's piddly stuff not showstoppers. "slide" wrote in message ... Check out the Lightner Museum. We enjoyed that quite a bit. Much to see. -paul We're enjoying St. Augustine as long as we're stuck here. Family coming this weekend, but small kids so not likely Lightner time, but we'll do the fort and several other attractions before we leave here. Great walking to keep the pounds down, including 5 miles (RT) tomorrow for my teeth cleaning, tonight about 2 to mail off the significant refrigeration failure item to Dick Kollmann for dissection, and so on. As long as we're stuck here, we're making the most of it. L8R Skip -- Morgan 461 #2 SV Flying Pig KI4MPC See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery ! Follow us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFlyingPigLog and/or http://groups.google.com/group/flyingpiglog When a man comes to like a sea life, he is not fit to live on land. - Dr. Samuel Johnson |
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How about a blister report, Capt. Skippy?
Greg/Neal/Wilbur, your spewing left below for reference:
Are you suggesting that you have water in your bilge, from the rain? We get a few drips from the packing glands, and NOTHING inside the boat from green water or rain... No blisters, either... L8R Skip and Lydia, who MAY get to your neighborhood in the continued shakedown; looking forward to the beer... -- Morgan 461 #2 SV Flying Pig KI4MPC See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery ! Follow us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFlyingPigLog and/or http://groups.google.com/group/flyingpiglog When a man comes to like a sea life, he is not fit to live on land. - Dr. Samuel Johnson " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·" åke wrote in message ... wrote in message ... On Sat, 26 Oct 2013 17:33:28 -0400, " Sir Gregory Hall, Esq·" åke wrote this crap: I recall predicting the "Flying Pig" might go as much as six months without new blisters rearing their ugly convexities because you didn't do an adequate job drying out the bottom preferring to believe some nonsense about a daily spraying with fresh water doing the job adequately. I can assure you that fresh water has nothing to do with blisters. My boat sits in fresh water every day and still gets blisters. Skippy believed the crap about in lieu of storing his blistered hull in a low humidity environment for a couple or three years so as to thoroughly dry out the laminate before coating it with a barrier coat that spraying it via a garden hose with tap water every couple of days for a month or so would somehow result in the laminate being completely dried out. I told him it wasn't gonna work and the idiot who advocated it was just that - an idiot. You should sell your boat and buy one that doesn't get blisters. It is the rare freshwater boat that gets blisters because osmosis generally doesn't take place when there's a membrane (hull layup) with fresh water on both sides of the membrane. It is the sal****er boats that have lots of humidity in the laminate and fresh water in the bilge from rain, etc. that get blisters. -- Sir Gregory |
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How about a blister report, Capt. Skippy?
On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:18:38 -0400, "Flying Pig"
wrote: significant refrigeration failure item to Dick Kollmann for dissection, and so on. === I once talked to Dick K regarding some refrigeration advice for our trawler. I was contemplating the installation of two Adler-Barbour Cold Machines, one for each of our built in fridges. He didn't think the A-Bs would be suitable for tropical cruising but three years in Florida later, including two 6 month cruises to the Carib, they are still working fine. I believe they use Danfoss BD-50 compressors. Both units were self installed and I carry everything I need to service them in case we get stuck somewhere. Having two independant units gives us a fair amount of redundancy however. |
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"Flying Pig" wrote in message
... We're enjoying St. Augustine as long as we're stuck here. Family coming this weekend, but small kids so not likely Lightner time, but we'll do the fort and several other attractions before we leave here. Great walking to keep the pounds down, including 5 miles (RT) tomorrow for my teeth cleaning, tonight about 2 to mail off the significant refrigeration failure item to Dick Kollmann for dissection, and so on. As long as we're stuck here, we're making the most of it. It's called rationalizing having become a confirmed lubber! |
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"Wayne.B" wrote in message
... On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:18:38 -0400, "Flying Pig" wrote: significant refrigeration failure item to Dick Kollmann for dissection, and so on. === I once talked to Dick K regarding some refrigeration advice for our trawler. I was contemplating the installation of two Adler-Barbour Cold Machines, one for each of our built in fridges. He didn't think the A-Bs would be suitable for tropical cruising but three years in Florida later, including two 6 month cruises to the Carib, they are still working fine. I believe they use Danfoss BD-50 compressors. Both units were self installed and I carry everything I need to service them in case we get stuck somewhere. Having two independant units gives us a fair amount of redundancy however. Those are good units. Even the air-cooled version works well in the tropics. The key to success seems to be placing the compressor in a spot that doesn't get hot (don't put it near the engine space) and can be set up so the cooler air goes in through the little radiator and the hot air blows out elsewhere. My Adler Barbour started acting up (cycling off and on with the compressor running for five to ten seconds to a minute and then cycling off (as evidenced by the amp draw - the fan kept going). Turns out there are about six spade connectors going into the control panel. Some of these had gradually loosened up and were making poor connections. I pulled them loose (the female side is on the wire, crimped the female side tighter, applied some dielectric paste and slid them home. It's worked flawlessly since. I've experimented with the amount of R-134a and found that a suction pressure of 7-9 psi results in the best refrigeration vs. amp draw. I've fitted the suction side with a NAPA injection port for auto A/C that fits the standard can of R-134a injection hardware and gauges. -- Sir Gregory |
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