[Rhodes22-list] Zebra Mussel Mitigation

[Steven Alm]

Graham, yes, The Great Lakes are badly infested esp. Lake Michigan. I read
the entire lake bottom is 6' deep with mussel shells. It has actually
changed the color of the lake which I saw for myself a few summers ago when
I crewed on Pride of Baltimore II.  Good to know the paint job should hold
up! That's very reassuring. Thanks for mentioning.

Slim
Fandango

On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 2:52 PM Steven Alm <stevenalm at gmail.com> wrote:

> The last time I had the board out 7 or 8 years ago to change out the
> control line I did it with the mast down and couldn't fit the settee board
> out the companionway. It made for some pretty cramped quarters to do the
> work with it in the cabin. So this time I raised the mast and was able to
> get everything out of my way to do this job which is already quite a bear.
> without having all that stuff in the way. And yes, I could have wrestled
> the board out myself without all that rigmarole and put up with a sore back
> or been simpler to get a buddy to help but I like dreaming up ways to do
> things "the easy way" even though the setup takes longer than anything.
> Lol! By the way, the first time I did this I found the 60 or so fasteners
> around the cap were Phillips head and I must have cursed Stan's name a
> thousand times struggling to get those off. Of course I changed them out to
> hex head and even though it's still a pretty tedious job, I'm happy as can
> be to use a socket wrench this time.
>
> Slim
> Fandango
>
> On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 1:09 PM Graham Stewart <gstewart8 at cogeco.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> I think mine weighs 80 lbs so it is a struggle to lift and carry off the
>> boat. I have never removed the centerboard when the mast was up. Neat
>> design.
>>
>> Graham Stewart
>> Agile, Rodes 22, 1976
>> Kingston Ontario
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Rhodes22-list [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On
>> Behalf Of
>> Lowe, Rob
>> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2022 12:06 PM
>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Zebra Mussel Mitigation
>>
>> Slim,
>> Pretty interesting.  First time I can think of someone setting up a rig
>> for
>> removing the centerboard.  How much does that thing weigh?  I wasn't sure
>> if
>> you could man handle it or not.  I hope your solution to the zebra mussels
>> works.  I'm thankful we don't have to deal with them (yet) where we sail.
>>
>> Rob
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org> On Behalf Of
>> Steven
>> Alm
>> Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2022 2:35 PM
>> To: Rhodes <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Zebra Mussel Mitigation
>>
>> I keep my boat on Lake Pepin which is actually The Mississippi River.
>> Unfortunately it's become infested with zebra mussels in a big way. They
>> got
>> up inside the centerboard trunk and jammed up the board so bad it would
>> hardly move up and down. At one point mid-season last year I hauled it out
>> on the marina's big travel lift and power sprayed up in the trunk as best
>> we
>> could and it was better for a while. I can't keep doing that though so I
>> took the board out and painted it with anti-fouling ablative bottom paint,
>> counting on the fact that they can't attach to the paint. I was mostly
>> unable to prep /sand the inside of the trunk to my satisfation but I did
>> get
>> three coats of paint down there with the weenie roller on a stick.
>> The fun part was the trolly I fabricated to hook the block and tackle to,
>> hoisted the board up and rolled it across the boom and out to the cockpit
>> for prep and paint. Then hoisted it back up, rolled it back in and lowered
>> it into place. (see pictures) I'm counting on the bottom paint to solve
>> the
>> problem. I truly hope not to be doing this again!!
>>
>> Slim
>> Fandango
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