[Public-List] More Moisture Reading for rainy days ashore

[Gordon Laco via Public-List]

Very interesting Bill.

I reckon the theme is that no single sensing device should be considered the
last word in determining condition.

In my wooden boat days I hired a surveyor to do my scheduled condition
survey for my insurance company.   My boat had just been hauled after a
season afloat.  He slapped his moisture meter on several below the waterline
planks then told me my boat was thoroughly rotten due to high moisture
content in the wood.  I dismissed him, and hired another surveyor more
familiar with wooden boats, and who didn't rely so heavily on inappropriate
instruments.  

Of course the planking below the waterline was moist... One counts on those
planks absorbing water and swelling up in order to achieve a tight and
strong hull.  

A good surveyor will use such things as moisture meter readings as clues to
gather along with his or her other senses in determining condition.  And
then it's still a best guess...

Gord #426 Surprise


On 2016-10-07, 7:58 AM, "Bill McCoy via Public-List"
<public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:

> After taking in a YouTube video on sailboat moisture issues and reading much
> about core replacement and becoming a bit anxious and somewhat dubious of
> whether I should rip into my deck next year, I came across this article on the
> same subject.  I only share it for general information as I am not a pro of
> this subject in any regard.  It did calm me a bit for the time being and keeps
> me focused on other fixes that are more apparent than it.  Perhaps I am in
> denial or perhaps not, but thus here it is...
> 
> http://www.pcmarinesurveys.com/Moisture%20meter%20mythology.htm
> 
> Skeep
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