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Yes, that’s what I meant.
Tor
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Casper the Ghost fittings?
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And a Happy Washdown Day to you, Bob.
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Understood. I’m looking for longevity, hoping to go as long as possible between haul-outs. Bob’s grease trick may provide that by allowing repeated applications underwater. Or perhaps it’s possible to do both, starting out with a spray-on paint and then applying lithium or one of the other lubricants when the paint starts losing its effectiveness. My prop is being re-pitched today and will come back professionally polished, a good time to spray it.
Thanks for the feedback.
Tor
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A slippery baby bottom for 2 seasons between applications. What a deal!
Thanks, Jack.
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Jack,
Two seasons is awesome longevity. It’s definitely worth testing in seawater. Where do you buy Penatent Baby Cream, at a pharmacy?
Tor
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And then you re-apply it underwater?
Tor
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Bob,
Magic, definitely. How long does lithium grease remain effective on the prop?
Tor
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Rich,
Why don’t you just use copper bottom paint?
Tor
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Thanks, Don. Will wonders never cease!
Tor
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I thought copper would set up an electrolytic current with bronze. Glad to hear I was mistaken. (And that explains why painted seacock flanges survive as well as they do with bottom paint on them.) In the past I’ve generally done as John does, i.e., leave the drive train plain and dive on it once in a while.
Bob, I am amazed that those products you listed will stick to a prop for long. I think I’ll try your system: bottom paint on the strut & shaft, and lithium grease on the prop. Thanks!
Tor
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My boat’s topping lifts are the same as Bob’s and work well.
Tor
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Smart.
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I did the same thing Pete did.
I like the idea of Plexiglas wash boards, but would opt for at least 2 (if not 3) pieces. I often put in just 1 or 2 of the 3 wood boards when it’s raining (or cold), enough to keep out the splatter (or some of the cold air), but not entirely shutting me off from the the cockpit and fresh air.
Tor
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Don,
I keep my bilge dry and spotless, too – when I’m aboard. The garboard drain plug is for when the boat is stored on the hard. Water will find it’s way in and collect in the sump. Normally, the electric bilge pump can handle that… as long as the batteries remain charged, but that’s a Murphy just waiting to happen. In the course of a 6-month winter the amount of water ingress may be surprising in these good old boats, plus there’s always the chance of the unanticipated. For example:
I’m on the hard now, and just a few days ago the deck drains all got clogged shut when a passing front shook a ton of leaves and seeds out of an overhanging tree and washed all of it into the scuppers. My electric bilge pump discharge hose shares the drain with the forward starboard scupper. When the water backed up inside the drain, it flooded into the bilge pump hose and fed a lot of water into the bilge sump through the pump. The pump couldn’t pump it back out because the drain was clogged. I arrived back aboard to the beeping of my bilge pump sound signal. Luckily, I was early enough to rescue the tired pump and straighten things out. However, if this had happened while the boat was unattended it could’ve been a real mess. Unless, of course, the boat had a garboard drain plug.
Tor
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