Erin Jane is a 1987
Pearson 33-2. Coincidentally, my wife and she share the same name. In the
bilge under the
engine, there is a flat metallic plate screwed to the
hull. It was not bonded to the grounding system. I have since removed it, wire brushed it clean and reinstalled it. I have bonded it to the grounding copper strap seen in the
photo. These copper straps run to two grounding plates and to the
mast compression post and I assume were installed because the copper mesh, still present in dryer
parts of the
bilge, has corroded into dust. Am I correct in assuming this was a sacrificial anode? If so, where can I find a replacement sacrificial anode like this one? Is bonding it to the grounding system the correct thing to do? Thank you most kindly, Ken Gasch