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From: jrjrjrouse2000 (no email)
Date: Sat Aug 19 2006 - 08:34:38 EDT
That is what we did here in Trinidad after our near disastrous
experience in Grenada. We had a diver place a heavy black plastic bag
over the prop as soon as we arrived here. We won't know how well this
has worked to prevent barnacle growth until we leave here next month.
BTW, the diver attached this bag without tying it with a line. It is
tied on with a strip of plastic so that in an emergency we could start
the engine and move the boat without entangling the prop. We do have
a line cutter but did not want to trust that to cut a line
deliberately tied tightly onto the shaft unless it was absolutely
necessary to do so. The diver said that he has used a plastic strip
to tie on bags effectively and allow emergency use of the prop with no
damage.
BTW, we have a sea chest rather than a bunch of separate sea water
intake thru-hulls. After just 3 weeks here in Trinidad, the intake to
our sea chest became totally solid with barnacles. We have found that
the intake needs to be dived on and cleaned out about every 2 weeks.
We have never seen barnacles grow so quickly and prolifically as they
do down here.
Judy
--- In , gmbeasley at dot dot dot wrote:
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>
> We've tried a bunch of different things to discourage growth on the
prop, but none have worked very well. If I were going to be sitting
in barnacely water for an extended period, I think bagging the prop
might be about as effective as anything else. Of course you'd have to
have someone go put it on and then someone take it off before you
started the engine up again.
>
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