| Moving outside No Name Harbor to anchor alongside the State Park shore with 5-6 other sailboats on Friday afternoon achieved three goals. First, there is more wind to keep us cool outside the protected harbor. Second, we wanted to check Priority's underwater hull and felt it better to do so in the open water. Third, the Christmas boat parade is coming and everyone had to clear out of the harbor for Sat. night anyway. Jay dove to find the brown underwater hull looked pretty clean but the zincs needed replacing. Zincs are sacrificial medal pieces that protect the other underwater metals from corrosion. He found the two smaller zincs on the two grounding plates had totally disintegrated so he replaced those by repeated dives to remove the bolts, sand the areas and install the new zincs. The larger zinc on the end of the propeller was about 50% disintegrated so he replaced it, also. We carry extra zincs on board expecting to have to replace them. You can see the new silver prop zinc sitting on the transom next to the partially disintegrated one that Jay just removed. Norma's job is to wipe down the hull and as far as she can reach underwater around the waterline. Jay is the diver. |
