[Rhodes22-list] Maintenance
elle
watermusic38 at yahoo.com
Wed Mar 7 11:36:11 EST 2007
Another site to look at for items not available from
Defender is Boatersland.com.
I found those curved fenders (23" ones) there for
$20.00 less each than what WM charges.
elle
--- Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
> Glad to know that.
>
> I send out a yearly "Support Defender" message. If
> we lose the low
> price competition, WM will be able to charge
> anything they want.
>
> Bill Effros
>
> elle wrote:
> > Thanks, B. It's available at Defender.... on the
> list
> > it goes....
> >
> > elle
> > --- Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> L.
> >>
> >> I can't compare because I've never used OSPHO.
> >>
> >> Wichard is one of the top stainless steel forging
> >> companies in the
> >> world. They really understand stainless steel.
> >> Wichinox is their
> >> product, and it has worked better than anything
> else
> >> I have ever tried.
> >> I don't try other things anymore. It both safely
> >> cleans stainless and
> >> protects it from future corrosion. The only
> places
> >> I ever get rust are
> >> places I miss several years in a row.
> >>
> >> Bill Effros
> >>
> >> elle wrote:
> >>
> >>> 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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> >
> >
> > We can't change the angle of the wind....but we
> can adjust our sails.
> >
> > ('Lady in Red') 1992 Rhodes 22 Recyc '06
> Watermusic
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.
('Lady in Red') 1992 Rhodes 22 Recyc '06 Watermusic
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