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What do you guys think of gettin' the old chain regalvanized? Have not done any pricin' yet but we do have a place in San Diego that does it.
What do you guys think of gettin' the old chain regalvanized? Have not done any pricin' yet but we do have a place in San Diego that does it.
I am feeling for you salt water guys. I pulled all 200' of our chain and it looked pretty darn good for 32 year old stuff. The last 50' looked like it had never seen the water.
I unexpectedly found a similar matting under about 2" of mud when I cleaned out the anchor well on a previous boat, using a water blaster. Matting will help, but clean the chain during recovery, before it goes into the well.I cut some "Dri Dek" tiles to fit the bottom of my chain locker to help drainage and maybe keep it a bit drier down there.
I have a 1.5 inch thru hull that feeds my air conditioner pump and the raw water is teed off that...so even with the 1 inch hose going to the a/c and half inch going to the salt water pump....there is plenty of growth.I would like to install a salt water washdown on the foredeck, but do not want another thru- hull fitting. Any suggestions out there?
I would like to install a salt water washdown on the foredeck, but do not want another thru- hull fitting. Any suggestions out there?
I would like to install a salt water washdown on the foredeck, but do not want another thru- hull fitting. Any suggestions out there?
I would think for those that use fresh water that anchoring every day or couple of days would go through water pretty quick.... yes? No?
I would probably still have both if I had plentry of fresh water unless I had a great water maker and the water is easily replaced.
Otherwise...if just rinsing ever week or so after multiple anchorings...I have an adapter for my transom shower to run a hose forward where a little soap and hot water will cut more salt than 10 just plain cold water. Especially the bottom of the locker where unless you are getting all the salt off as it comes aboard...it will still accumulate.
Great idea, Steve. I will have to do that to my chain locker.I cut some "Dri Dek" tiles to fit the bottom of my chain locker to help drainage and maybe keep it a bit drier down there.
If water is the universal solvent, hot water seems mo'better....and for salt, a little soap only adds to the cleansing.My boat has a fresh water wash down which is nice. The pressure isn't all that great but it works. It appears that th PO converted it from raw to fresh and I can use raw water to wash down with the opening and closing of a couple valves. I still need to figure it out.
I have 2 x 175 gal fresh water tanks. Even with fresh water flushing of the heads, fairly liberal use of the shower, and hosing down the anchor, we still haven't had to refill our tanks in about 2 1/2 months of weekend use. I will likely do that this weekend.
Your idea of warm water and some soap is interesting. Does it really help that much? Pretty easy to take a bucket of hot water from the cockpit shower forward for those times when water is plentiful.
I would like to install a salt water washdown on the foredeck, but do not want another thru- hull fitting. Any suggestions out there?