[Rhodes22-list] Biological Centerboard Fouling/Jamming - A Serious Issue?

[Bill Effros]

Around here you shouldn't even dream about it.  It varies from location 
to location, but if some of these things latch onto your hull you don't 
want to know what it takes to get them off.

I had a waxed, no bottom paint hull on a previous boat that I would put 
into the salt water for a day.  But that was it.

If my mooring goes into the water a month before I get around to 
launching my boat, the mooring line is coated with growth by the time I 
pull it out of the water, notwithstanding the fact that the line is 
coated with anitfouling paint.  It takes a week of chlorine treatments 
to kill it all.  I still get an occasional barnacle, even with my top 
rated bottom paint.  I have to grind them off.

Bill Effros

William E. Wickman wrote:

>What happens if you don't have any bottom paint at all?  My boat is kept in
>fresh water and does not have any bottom paint.  All that is necessary is a
>good pressure washing to clean the "pond scum" and alge from the hull
>whenever the boat is hauled.  It comes off easily as long as you get it off
>before it dries.  So, while the bottom looks pretty when cleaned (ie. waxed
>like the topsides), I wonder.....what is going to happen when I take the
>boat to the coast and subject it to salt water for a week or two?  I guess
>the real question is, how long does it take for marine growth to start
>forming on your hull?  If I only have the boat in the water for one week
>will I have a barnacle problem when I take it out?  How many of you folks
>out there do not have any bottom paint?  How has it worked out when you put
>your boat in salt water for short periods?
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>Bill W.
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>Hi All,
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>Richard Smith has brought up the issue of fouling on the centerboard &
>inside the centerboard trunk as being a potentially serious maintenance
>issue on Rhodes 22's.  It is apparently only a serious issue for those of
>us that sail in severly fouling waters, like down south.
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>I've been a member of the Rhodes List about as long as anyone.  In all that
>time, I can't recall anyone except Richard ever mentioning biological
>fouling as being a prime cause of jamming the centerboard up inside in the
>trunk.  According to Richard, it's a fairly significant maintenance issue
>for folks in his area that sail centerboard boats. (Rockaway Inlet?)
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>If there really is an issue here, it should be more widely known.  How
>widespread is the problem?  How are other folks managing to deal with the
>problem?  It may even rate its own FAQ topic.
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>So, I'm asking all Rhodes 22 sailors, what has been your experience with
>biological fouling & subsequent jamming of your centerboards?  Please don't
>be shy about responding.  This is the sort of discussion the Rhodes List
>was created to encourage.  If you sail in warm water & haven't experienced
>the problem; then, tell us where you sail.  Perhaps the problem is very
>localized.
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>Roger Pihlaja
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