[Rhodes22-list] Maintenance

[elle]

I have a bit of rust on the stern rail...it has been
recommended that I use OSPHO....

How does OSPHO compare with Wichinox? Does the
Wichinox remove rust?

elle
--- "KUHN, LELAND" <LKUHN at cnmc.org> wrote:

> 
> Thanks Bill.  Hopefully I can find Wichinox at my
> K/Wal-Mart boat
> stores.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Effros [mailto:bill at effros.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 2:44 PM
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Maintenance
> 
> Leland,
> 
> I find I'm not comfortable sailing until it hits 55
> degrees.
> 
> Wichinox makes a very good stainless cleaner and
> protector.  Very little
> 
> stainless maintenance once you start applying this
> stuff.
> 
> Use your power washer only to knock the living
> creatures off the bottom 
> of your boat immediately after hauling.  Paint right
> over the old 
> paint.  Use ablative paint. 
> 
> Wax everything above the waterline after pulling the
> boat to protect it 
> over the winter.  Clean off the old wax first with
> Collinite cleaner.  
> Put Collinite wax where you won't slip on it.  One
> coat is all you 
> need.  Use a tackier wax elsewhere.  Put on 2 coats
> if you have time.
> 
> Bottom paint either fall or spring.  The paint goes
> on sale in late 
> winter.  I stir with a power drill.
> 
> Strip off the remaining winter wax with Collinite
> cleaner in the 
> spring.  Follow the same waxing routine. 
> 
> Your boat will look like new year after year if you
> follow this regimen.
> 
> Bill Effros
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Leland wrote:
> > Just put At Ease back in the water last week and
> it's been killing me
> that I
> > haven't been able to go sailing yet.  I told
> myself I wouldn't go out
> unless
> > the temperature was above 45 degrees and the wind
> was less than 20
> knots. 
> > Maybe I just need to wear more clothes.
> >
> > Question:  I have a new Marina and new slip.  When
> the marina tied up
> my
> > boat, they secured the spring lines to the winches
> instead of the
> cleats. 
> > We get some pretty strong winds (40 mph this
> morning).  Is this a bad
> > practice or am I worrying over nothing?
> >
> > As a new boat owner, it's amazing how much I've
> learned over the last
> year
> > from this list and a little bit of experience. 
> Makes me wonder how
> much
> > more I don't know.  Boat maintenance had some
> surprises.  Had no idea
> that
> > stainless steel required maintenance.  To remove a
> year's worth of
> grime on
> > the fiberglass, my powerful powerwasher could only
> handle about a
> two-inch
> > strip at a time.  It would have been faster to
> paint the whole boat. 
> > Speaking of paint, no one told me that if hard
> bottom paint is out of
> the
> > water too long, you have to repaint the bottom. 
> Or if you don't use a
> paint
> > can shaker, it takes as long to mix up the copper
> sludge as it does to
> do
> > the actually painting.  And the fumes!  $300 for
> paint and labor
> doesn't
> > sound so bad now!  And don't even get me started
> on that piece of junk
> 9.9
> > Merc!  I thought you guys were joking about using
> it as an anchor!
> >
> > On the bright side, I now have ten months of
> sailing ahead of me
> before I
> > have to go through this again.
> >
> > Lee
> > 1986 Rhodes22  At Ease
> > Crab Alley (Kent Island, MD)
> >   
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We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.


 
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