Burt, Re: diving to clean and change zincs
I have been doing my own underwater maintenance for over 35 years. I mostly enjoy the process but am coming from having some commercial dive training and building up experience when I was younger and more tolerant of adverse conditions. If you decide to get certified and begin changing zincs and wear glasses, explore options to have your correction built into your face mask. As my eyes aged it has become more difficult to focus on the zinc fasteners (including the MAX prop zinc). In the murky waters of our PNW marina I often need to work very close to the prop and use a dive light. If you plan on cleaning the hull, be ready for some hard exercise as it is a full body workout to stay close to the hull and apply a little pressure to the cleaning pad/brush. As a bonus, when you become proficient at diving you are able to clear crab pots from your own prop possibly changing a problem into a trip saving adventure. Martin Calypso 1971 C&C 43 Seattle [Description: cid:D1BF9853-22F7-47FB-86F2-4115CE0BAF2F] From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Burt Stratton via CnC-List Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 4:25 PM To: 'Danny Haughey'; cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List wishing you the best of Solstice Happy holidays to all! Jack, how do you clean your hull? Do you do it yourself or hire it out. I am considering getting dive certified so I can get a set of tanks and air. Even with all the gear (weights, wet suit, etc.) I think it would be a lot less expensive in the long run and as a bonus, I would be certified to dive. Up here in the northeast I don't think I would need to do it as often as you unless I start racing. It would also be nice to change my prop shaft zincs once during the season and deal with other various issues that might require me to work on the exterior of the hull below the water line. Burt On the hard in Massachusetts From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Danny Haughey via CnC-List Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 8:10 AM To: jackbren...@bellsouth.net; cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List wishing you the best of Solstice Hello all another milestone past with the days now getting longer! All the best to all you guys and happy holidays (whichever you may be celebrating) Danny Boatless Massachusetts ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Jack Brennan via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> To: <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List wishing you the best of Solstice Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 19:02:03 -0500 Approximately 1,100 days TO haulout. (Every five years, with monthly hull cleanings in between.) Jack Brennan Former C&C 25 Shanachie, 1974 Bristol 30 Tierra Verde, Fl. From: Paul Fountain via CnC-List<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2014 6:49 PM To: Rick Taillieu<mailto:rtaill...@eastlink.ca> ; mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List wishing you the best of Solstice Sorry Rick 116 days 16 hours til Perception is launched ... Count down started at haul out Paul. :) On Dec 21, 2014, at 5:52 PM, Rick Taillieu via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: Same to you Russ. Only 145 (ish) days until launch. I know, somebody had to start the countdown. Rick Taillieu Nemesis '75 C&C 25 #371 Shearwater Yacht Club Halifax, NS. From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Russ & Melody via CnC-List Sent: December-21-14 15:36 To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Subject: Stus-List wishing you the best of Solstice To all Listers & Lurkers, Melody & I wish you the best of today, tonight and all through the winter. Many will know it is the Winter Solstice, occurring in North America between ~ 3 - 6 PM local time. A time of the longest night and to make this year special we also have a New Moon so expect it to be the darkest night as well. We will celebrate with our usual fire in the backyard firepit... and maybe some hot rums. :) Wish you could be here, Russ Sweet 35 mk-1 Nanaimo ________________________________ No virus found in this message. 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