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Old 01-16-2011, 04:21 AM   #19
Peter B
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City: Ex-Brisbane, (Australia), now Bribie Island, Qld
Vessel Name: Now boatless - sold 6/2018
Vessel Model: Had a Clipper (CHB) 34
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 10,101
RE: Let's talk bilge painting

Personally, I can't see the point of becoming anal about a fricking bilge. All sorts of stuff can find it's way into it, and in a boat the age of mine it would never stay clean, let alone 'shiney', so I keep it as dry as possible and don't care what it looks like. No-one else but me sees it, and a shiney bilge will not make it go any faster, or quieter. If what I just said is 'blasphemous, well sorry, but I have no intention of wasting a single precious minute trying to pretty up my bilge, keeping things working properly is always a work in progress. Maybe if I ever had a new 'bright and shiney' boat, (if I could afford one), with dripless shaft seals, and an engine room you could eat your breakfast off the floor of, (like some Nordhavns and others I've seen at the boat show), show then I might feel different. Woodsong, have you asked yourself that question? Is it worth the effort?
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