If it’s a boat, it needs maintenance. That’s 40 years of bilge slime. It took us two weeks of eight hour days to de-funk the bilges.
But the payoff on the fairing and painting…
If it’s a boat, it needs maintenance. That’s 40 years of bilge slime. It took us two weeks of eight hour days to de-funk the bilges.
But the payoff on the fairing and painting…
I am thinking about buying a steel sailboat from a friend bit the bilgie is a bit rusty for my taste.
There was a point where I was thinking of pulling the trigger on steel. Rust isn’t a deal breaker for me, even a lot of it. But the shape of the ribs and stringers absolutely are. Specifically, if I have to remediate a lot of rust (owner neglect) once, NBD. But the design of the builders bilges must be such that water can’t pool anywhere.