roguewave
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- Jul 7, 2012
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- Texas
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- bout’ time
- Vessel Make
- Grady White 282 Sailfish
Being a new salt water boating guy, also being a new big boat guy I'm having all kinds of questions and yall are my go too place For the most part I figure them out on my own but sometimes I'm just not sure. My wife and I have been going out on a few 3-4 hour trips in the Portland area to shake down and get used to our new boat. Installed a new norcold fridge, Raritan fresh water head, couple of macerator pumps and so on.
I'm always seeing folks at the dock hosing off their boats after they come in, mostly smaller fiberglass but some large ones also. I was wondering what everyone does after going out on a cruise for a few hours or a few days... If you have a small forest of teak (that needs attention) on deck what's the scoop hose it down? salt or fresh? Hose all your lines off? Or leave it alone and have a beer to celebrate getting safely back to the dock.
One other thing, do you have a dry bilge? Dry all the time? Wet when you come back in from a trip or wet all the time?
As always, thank you all for the help, guidance and opinion.
I'm always seeing folks at the dock hosing off their boats after they come in, mostly smaller fiberglass but some large ones also. I was wondering what everyone does after going out on a cruise for a few hours or a few days... If you have a small forest of teak (that needs attention) on deck what's the scoop hose it down? salt or fresh? Hose all your lines off? Or leave it alone and have a beer to celebrate getting safely back to the dock.
One other thing, do you have a dry bilge? Dry all the time? Wet when you come back in from a trip or wet all the time?
As always, thank you all for the help, guidance and opinion.
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