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Originally Posted by fstbttms
Mark, it sounds to me like jaxfishgyd probably got burned by an unscrupulous diver in the past and and has had a hard-on for hull cleaners ever since. It's not an uncommon story and one I've heard many times. We all know that there are a lot of flakes in the marine maintenance business and because, for the most part, a hull cleaner's work cannot be seen or inspected, there are more than a few of those in this line of work. Unfortunately, some boat owners tend to paint all hull cleaners with the same brush. |
I know of someone who carefully nurtured his image as "the one who would watch out for her boat" to a
single woman, and faithfully cleaned her bottom for her every month -- to 18" below the
water, after which point one could not see the junk he left in the murky
water.
Someone else bought the boat, and within the year had to replace the original salt-water cooled
Yanmar engine. And I think I know what happened, because I had the same experience with a very similar boat (both Hunters). My boat's original
engine was killed by lack of zincs. I had the engine replaced and SHOULD have had the sea strainer replaced, but it hadn't dawned on me that the original was
bronze and very vulnerable to lack of zincs -- until I went to open it one morning and pieces broke off in my hand. It was not only pink all the way through but POROUS.
I consider the best
money I spend on this boat having someone very reliable clean the bottom every month. He checks everything down there -- through holes,
salt water intake,
propeller -- zincs. That's hard work, to clean a bottom well. It's easy for someone with less than admirable ethics to rationalize a shoddy job.
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