one last recommendation Gail. if you are going to leave the boat in the water for more than a couple of weeks DO go with bottom paint. 'pulling the boat out and cleaning every few weeks' is an accident waiting to happen. life happens, you get busy ... two weeks becomes four weeks becomes months. the bottom of the boat will have barnacles that WILL damage the gel coat. this is in addition to sea grasses that will have taken root (yes, their roots into the gel coat). cleaning the boat in-water IS NOT fun and NOTeasy. divers do this with air tanks and a dry suit (Puget Sound is 50 degrees all the time). if a skip happens see above about barnacles & gel coat. Jerry's hull designs are a work of art that results in a stronger and boat ... but the non-flat lapstrake hull is difficult to clean around the 'laps'. :: Dave Scobie :: former M15 owner #288 - http://www.freewebs.com/m15-name-scred :: M17 #375 SWEET PEA - http://www.m17-375.webs.com :: Sage 17 #1 - AIR BORN - http://sagemarine.us/sage_17.html :: Sage 15 sloop #001 - ASOLARE - http://sagemarine.us/sage_15.html :: SageCat #000 - SAGECAT - http://sagemarine.us/sagecat.html
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From: Gail Russell Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2016 4:01 PM
Subject: Re: M_Boats: What to do if you want to put an M-boat in Salt water fora time..
Thank you all for the help. I have gone from "not a clue" to a fairly decent idea of the issues involved in putting an M-boat into Salt Water. From the sounds of it, I would do lots better to just take it out regularly. Not sure how this will all pan out. Lots of options. Working on husband to come to the Wrinkleboat Festival 2017..
Gail