[Public-List] Barnacles

[Mike Meinhold via Public-List]

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.

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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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