[Public-List] Barnacles

[Gordon Laco via Public-List]

I've seen marina's around here posting notices about that... It's a real
danger...


On 2015-09-08, 4:19 PM, "Mike Meinhold via Public-List"
<public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:

> Please be careful about diving at a dock, and consider moving the boat into
> open water before diving.
> Stray current is a serious risk that I don't take. Poorly installed or
> maintained electrical equipment on the dock or on nearby boats can bring a
> quick drowning death.
> 
> <<\Gloom_and_Doom >>
> Mike
> Rinn Duin #272
> 
> On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 4:13 PM, Wes Gardner via Public-List <
> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> 
>> You can just use a mask and snorkel to get the prop clean, I use either a
>> red devil paint scraper or a putty knife.  It takes a couple of dives but
>> is perfectly doable.  It helps to hang a loop of line overboard such that
>> you can hang on rather than having to tread water.  The dock lines are
>> usually too far over your head to reach.
>> 
>> On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 3:16 PM, Greg Bover via Public-List <
>> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> I had the same problem but now every spring I wire brush then spray the
>>> prop
>>> with a couple of coats of zinc paint from the auto parts store. Works
>> great
>>> for me up here in Gloucester.
>>> 
>>>>>>>   Barnacles grow on my propeller at a great rate. I may put bottom
>>> paint on it when I haul out, but the stuff wears off quickly. Of late I
>>> have had a scuba diver scrape the prop early in June of years when I
>>> don't haul out, but by the end of the summer the barnacles are back, to
>>> greater or lesser degree.<<<<
>>> 
>>> Greg Bover
>>> A-30 #114
>>> PENSIVE
>>> Gloucester
>>> 
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