kulas44
Guru
Recently pulled my boat for a bottom job after 4 years. Bottom paint was ok. Had a few barnacles, plenty of slime (mostly fresh water/mississippi river). Added 4 gallons of ablative after pressure washing. BTW, mixed 50/50 black and "clown" blue for the nicest navy blue color you could want. The most interesting thing was that my zinks were still in decent, useable condition. No evidence of corrosion on any running gear or fitting. Props were perfect. Shafts were perfect. I left the old zinks on the shafts and added new ones. The rudder zinks were fine. I have a large plate zink that is attatched electrically to the tuna tower by a flat copper strap for lightning dissapation, it was fine. I have to contribute this to my boat being totally "unbonded" by me. I have been relentless in removing all the bonding crap, and I'm paranoid about battery chargers. So far this is the least amount of electrical activity I've seen on a boat thats been in the water this long.