"Paul Cassel" wrote in message ...

On 6/1/2015 6:50 PM, Flying Pig wrote:

it to Vero by June 10th in order to meet Lydia's mother on the way out of
the rehab facility?

Well, as always, you'll just have to wait. Until next time - Stay Tuned!


My apologies - Windows Live Mail doesn't do attribution marks...


I'm not sure if I admire your persistence in having to address these
breakages (often the same ones) over and over or question your sanity. I
found the joys of luxury not sufficiently wondrous to justify the
constant cost and bother of maintenance on a complex boat.

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Well, boats and their gear need maintenance. Much of what I've done is of
that nature - but in a precipitous fashion, meaning there was a significant
failure requiring resolution at the time.

Had those shown up at less crucial times, it would just be on the
maintenance list.


Mine wasn't even that bad. I spoke to a fellow having, IIRC, a 52'
Little Harbor sail boat. He said he always had at least three systems
out of commission or partly working at any given time. No human could
get all his boat working per design.


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Oy. That would have to be frustrating. Mine were all one-at-a-time'ers.


I have to question one thing. You say that the ablative bottom coating,
when brushed, exposes new 'copper'. I thought that illegal. If you could
use copper, I doubt you'd need the ablative aspect of the coating.


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Semantics. A NEW LAYER of copper-rich paint. At least when we applied it,
the law allowed using copper-content paint.

YMMV but I've found that scrubbing seems to work better than scraping (well,
maybe it's that my bottom is totally smooth, now, after the refit we did).
Not only was there stuff which would not come off without aggressive spatula
(paint destructive) work, but it brushed off readily, along with a faint
cloud of red. The reveal line is white bottom paint; it sheds a great deal
more visibly on scrubbing, perhaps because it doesn't need to/get cleaned
often.


Anyway, if you must be in one place, Velcro Beach (as we called it
because we were reluctant to leave) is a darned nice place to be stuck in.

-paul

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Yah, we know. Other than the summers on a boat not plugged in, which are
the prime reason we chose to cruise at this time of year, where it's mid to
high 90s both water and air temp, with little wind due to the sheltered
location. Said shelter consists of a barrier island which, despite regular
cropdusting of mossie control, produces a prodigious amount of biting
insects of various stripes.

So, we're very hopeful of getting out of VB quickly, before our reefer sucks
up another few hundred amphours trying to deal with already hot air and
water (both cooling methods, but, on top of that, the intake line has to be
disassembled and cleaned at least weekly).

Thanks for the note.

L8R

Skip

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