"Roger Long" wrote in news:kwy0g.283$bG1.161
@twister.nyroc.rr.com:

Knotlog

If you come South, Roger, the only way to keep the paddle wheel clear of
critters is to pull it out of its little seachest. The B&G SPEED
paddlewheel plug pullout is just part of our post-sailing checklist....

They stay quite clean, there, in the little fiberglass fitting Amel
installed in the bilge to put them in. If left installed in the harbor
water in Charleston, you won't be able to pry the buggers out of the little
wheel in a week.

And they bite like hell....