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| 1132.1 | Water.. | HYDRA::HAYS | Can't go back and you can't stand still ... Phil Hays ZSO1" | Fri Feb 17 1989 16:37 | 13 |
| RE:.0 by MOORED::GERSTLE
> I suggested that the weight should not be an issue - my guess was about
> 1 - 1.5 gallons of paint to do a 23' catamaran with a total paint weight
> of about 10 - 12 pounds.
The real weight problem is due to absorbed water. Wood or fiberglass will
absorb a substantial percentage of it's weight in water. If he is real worried
about weight, he should drysail all the time.
Phil
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| 1132.2 | work, work, work | ELWOOD::DRECHSLER | Tom | Wed Feb 22 1989 17:42 | 9 |
| I would emphatically agree about the lack of effect of the weight
.. the drag is all important if he is going to moor it. I believe
there are teflon added & I know of graphite supplemented bottom
paints of which I know one mono-huller will swear by. More interesting
is his application techniques, which are certainly nothing new.
Just laborious. Sand between first & second coats, thin out the
second, & wet-sand the last one. Ugh! If he's truly competitive,
dry-sail it, waxed (carnuba, of course). ..Later TomD
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| 1132.3 | It ain't called "Turtle Wax" for nothing | AKOV12::DJOHNSTON | | Thu Feb 23 1989 11:24 | 5 |
| Skip the wax totally. Water molecules bond better to wax than finely
sanded glass left untreated. Ugly, but faster.
Dave
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| 1132.4 | Get down and Get Funky | AKOV11::KALINOWSKI | | Mon Feb 27 1989 12:08 | 16 |
| I agree with .3 Never wax the sucker unless you are selling it!
400 wet sand the boat before every race. Being 23 feet, you can bring
it into 2 feet of water near a beach and quickly rub it down. You are
going to get wet soon enough, so spend a couple minutes looking
for Neptune!
At the Newport boat show, some kid showed up with his Formula 40
he bought used. It was pretty beat up, and had a huge amount of crud
on the hulls. Forget the teflon stuff, just clean the hulls every week.
It is a cheap way to make a cat fast.
By the way, what kind of a 23 footer is he racing? Is it class racing?
john
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