Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: Kim Brown via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Date:12/23/2014 1:45 PM (GMT-05:00) To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Stus-List Diving your own boat Put me in the DIY bottom cleaning group my diver retired and headed for the islands on his boat. I either use a tank on the dock with a hose to standard regulator. It is shallow enough that I can use the bottom for leverage. I use a shortie if the water temp is under 80. (AC in the house just kicked on btw) Downside is that it costs me a lunch with friend who is certified plus the actual fill charges. Upside is that he borrows the tank to have xtras during lobster season and the rent is mighty tasty. \I also picked up a small 12v compressor with a hose/low pressure regulator combo. I hate to recommend it as it is cheaply built and I don't have enough time with it to see what the 'lifecycle' is. It sits in the cockpit, plugs into an existing cigarette lighter outlet and chugs away. Won't support the hose length, and depths a real tank will and there is no accumulator but it does allow me to make it around the boat without drowning. My thought is that it stows nicely and gives me a way to deal with line wraps or clogged intakes etc. away from home. YMMV Kim Brown Trust Me 35-3 On Dec 22, 2014, at 6:25 PM, Burt Stratton via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: Happy holidays to all! Jack, how do you clean your hull? Do you do it yourself or hire it out. I am considering getting dive certified so I can get a set of tanks and air. Even with all the gear (weights, wet suit, etc.) I think it would be a lot less expensive in the long run and as a bonus, I would be certified to dive. Up here in the northeast I don?t think I would need to do it as often as you unless I start racing. It would also be nice to change my prop shaft zincs once during the season and deal with other various issues that might require me to work on the exterior of the hull below the water line. Burt _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
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