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Old 04-14-2011, 05:36 AM   #1
Take Five
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City: Nassau
Vessel Name: Take Five II
Vessel Model: Present 42
Join Date: Dec 2010
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Too many zincs & bording gate hinge

Good Morning All.**** Just came off the hard after a bottom paint and an old salt passed by to express his opinion* that I had too many zincs on my boat thus being over-protected.** His thinking being that Taiwanese Stainless Steel is known for it's low quality and therefore is less noble than "good"* Stainless, so over zincing can reverse the flow and the stainless steel actualy becomes the anode and erodes...Anyone heard of such a thing or has this old boy been out in the sun too long ??***** I am also looking for a source for a new hinge for the boarding gate.* Thats the gate in the wooden rail about amidships on each side, can't find them in the regular supply catalogs.

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Graham
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