Holly Cow, The mast does not need any coating! If you are going to keep the boat in salt water for any length of time you need to have a barrier coat painted on the bottom then bottom paint on top of that. There are different bottom paints for boats kept in the water full time and trailer boats where the active chemicals are still effective with the boat out of the water for a period of time. I would love to have my M-17 in the water but if you have a boat that has never had bottom paint, I would think long and hard before going down that road. Jim E M-17 #603 Grace On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 7:17 PM, Gail Russell <gail@zeliga.com> wrote:
On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 7:06 PM, Steve Trapp <stevetrapp@q.com> wrote:
Yes, yes, yes. Your M-17 needs protection from saltwater! Best option is to get your hull painted with the spendy paint that is needed to protest your hull and galvanize the aluminum.
Is that paint allowed in California?
It is much less expensive to pressure wash thoroughly, your trailer too, and grease the trailer wheel bearings every time you outhaul, if you plan to leave you M-17 in saltwater, outhaul it and wash it at least every month.
I gather you see pressure washing as a decent alternative to the hull painting.
Note taken about the trailer and wheel bearings.
By, "galvanize the aluminum," do you mean I should have the mast painted with some kind of galvanizing paint?
Should I have the trailer painted?
Gail
Steve M-15 # 335 South Puget Sound
-----Original Message----- From: Gail Russell Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2016 6:40 PM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Subject: M_Boats: What to do if you want to put an M-boat in Salt water fora time..
We have thought about putting our M-17 2005 into Salt Water at Bodega Bay. What do we need to do to protect it from Salt Water. Take it out, how often (?) to pressure wash the bottom.
What about the mast. It is unpainted aluminum? Do we need to get it painted?
What else?
Gail Russell Hydeaway1 M-17