[Rhodes22-list] On Second Try, Intrepid Agrees to Leave Dock

[Slim]

My friend, Judi, had her boat dry-docked in Nassau for a bottom job and was
offered some military marine paint but passed on it because it's some of the
most toxic paint known to man.  You can't pull the big ships out of the
water every year for a bottom job like we do so they use stuff that kills
everything and lasts for years.  It would never be allowed for civilian use.

Slim

On 12/5/06 2:25 PM, "Hank" <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:

> She's been sitting on the bottom for those 24 years, so I suspect there's
> not much growth at all, except maybe on the sides.  They also probably sent
> down divers over the years to clean it off.
> 
> Hank
> 
> On 12/5/06, Michael D. Weisner <mweisner at ebsmed.com> wrote:
>> 
>> She hasn't moved in 24 years so she probably hasn't been painted in those
>> 24
>> years either.  My guess is that she has added MANY FEET of bottom growth
>> that must now be removed.  Paint removal is not the problem!
>> 
>> I was once told that the navy experimented with charging the hull with
>> respect to the water to prevent marine growth, rather than apply bottom
>> paint.  Does anyone know if this was actually true and, if so, did it
>> work?
>> 
>> Mike
>> 
>> From: "john Belanger" <jhnblngr at yahoo.com> Tuesday, December 05, 2006 2:41
>> PM
>> wonder what kind of  bottom paint they use on her bottom?
>> 
>> "Michael D. Weisner" <mweisner at ebsmed.com> wrote:  The Intrepid is no
>> longer
>> stuck in the mud:
>> 
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/05/nyregion/06intrepidcnd.html?hp&ex=116538120
>> 0&en=00928e0a6bcd64c3&ei=5094&partner=homepage
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