4 boats in the water
2006-09-21 17:04:18 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
If you have a trawler or some other relatively flat-bottomed boat, you can beach it on the tidal flats and do your work there. If you have a skeg-hung rudder or full keel sailboat however....
Get a "blue steel" drywall taping knife, a carwash "wheel and tire" brush, and a diving flashlight. Dive in and go to it. Its fastest if you have scuba gear, but you can still do it "au natural" by just repeatedly coming up for air. Of course, without gear, it'll take considerably longer but the preptime (filling your tank, getting suited up, etc) is non-existent so you can break the scraping task into as many occasions as you like.
The taping knife is good for clearing broad swathes of barnacles and algae. The brush works on the details that the taping knife misses. Pay special attention to the through-hulls and engine inlet valves. There should be grates over the engine inlets and you might actually need a haulout to replace them if any are missing.
Don't forget to check/add more zincs while you're down there.
Tap them with a hammer to see if they're loose and/or ready to break off. Replacing zincs underwater is a real drag, but its an important task and beats hauling out.
2006-09-24 05:42:39 · answer #1 · answered by Jess Wundring 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good maintenance practices are not tricks but well thought our procedures. If you half-*** your hull maintenance , you will pay for it in addition fuel costs and other repairs. Dry dock the boats, clean, repaint with a top grade anti fouling paint. Remove the prop, prop shaft and have the prop dynamically balanced. Check shaft alignment prior to installing the prop.
Do it right ! Get er done !
2006-09-23 00:54:56 · answer #2 · answered by sonny_too_much 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
heres what they do in parts of nc.. old fishing boat find sand bar... pull boat over it when tide goes out clean bottom with a stiff broom and sand and were you get cleaning supplys? there right in front of you,,,,sand bar,,, sand ,,,water,, hight tide,,0 $ or if you want a 6 pack while waiting for the tide to come in,, then the total cost go up $$$,, ps to clead up afterwards go swimming iv,e don,t this many times hay its even more fun if you were smart enough to have brought your girlfriend along< hint>
2006-09-22 13:07:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the boats are in the water, here's a link for underwater hull-cleaning (it's a pdf file, so you'll need Adobe Acrobat or the like):
http://dnrweb.dnr.state.md.us/download/cleanmarina/Underwtrcleaning.pdf#search=%22boat%20bottom%20cleaning%22
2006-09-21 17:10:49 · answer #4 · answered by GrlNamedJane 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is it just slimy or does it have barnacles? I would take my boat out in the lake with a mild current and dive underneath with scuba gear and give it a good scrubbing.
As long as your upstream, you'll still have visibility.
2006-09-22 09:26:01 · answer #5 · answered by Lawrence H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DONT GET CAUGHT BUT...push a piece of visqueen under the hull with a long handle broom or scrub brush,pull it up and tie it to the cleats all around the hull,fill it with pool chlorine or Clorox
2006-09-21 17:10:57 · answer #6 · answered by Bushit 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
TAKE IT OUT OF THE WATER>>> To DO IT RIGHT You have no choice....Get the heavy off,,,, get a garden sprayer their only 10 bucks get a few bottles of THE WORKS toilet bowl cleaner spray it on and keep up-wind of it... a long handle scrub brush and rubber gloves and EYE PROTECTION is crucial... I worked at the local marina and they used HYDROCHLORIC ACID...
2006-09-22 05:40:09 · answer #7 · answered by frank26694 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Scuba gear and a brush.
2006-09-22 09:42:30 · answer #8 · answered by mcd_48230 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pay someone else to do it is the easiest way I have found...
2006-09-21 17:12:49 · answer #9 · answered by Neal H 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I use toilet paper for my bottom
2006-09-21 18:30:00 · answer #10 · answered by frank m 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋