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

[vmarmei via Public-List]

You should have asked this surveyor to stick his moisture meter 
directly into the water for a better reading...Glad you found a 
better surveyor.
William A-30 Kanada



At 08:14 AM 07/10/2016, you wrote:
>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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