The fresh water kills all the saltwater organisms, but you are right,the boat should float slightly lower since fresh is lighter than salt!!
I’ve had boats in fresh water though and the slime grows just about as fast until you take a sail in the salt. Rick Paikea 37+ > On Aug 19, 2015, at 8:13 PM, Leslie Paal via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > in fresh water your boat sits lower......... ;-) > > Leslie. > > -------------------------------------------- > On Wed, 8/19/15, William Hall via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Subject: Re: Stus-List Battery question for LF38 owners > To: "cnc-list" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Cc: "William Hall" <wh...@alum.mit.edu> > Date: Wednesday, August 19, 2015, 7:33 AM > > My C&C > 37 has the house batteries in about that same place. Easy > to get to. The only issue is that between batteries, > inverter, radome etc, the boat sits a little low in the > stern, leading to growth on the gel coat just above the > bottom paint. My solution was to move to > freshwater! > BillStarfire1985 > C&C 37Now in Ludington, MI > On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at > 10:20 AM, Robert Boyer via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > I put two extra batteries on a > shelf I build in the starboard cockpit locker against the > forward bulkhead. I used sealed batteries throughout so > those two that are a bitch to get to won't need much > attention. > Bob > On Aug 19, 2015, at 10:14 AM, Rick > Brass via CnC-List wrote: > I'm helping a friend move his LF38 to > NC, and along the way we are making up a project list. The > boat will be used for live aboard cruising. > > The current setup has one new > start battery as bank 1, and two old batteries in parallel > as the house bank 2. The old house batteries need to be > replaced in the next couple of weeks, and we would like to > maximize the AHR capacity and try to increase the number of > batteries in the house bank. > > The start battery is in the locker under the > front half of the quarter berth. The house batteries are on > a shelf on the port side of the engine compartment (and are > a bitch to get to). There is no room for more batteries on > the shelf. > > So where have > you guys installed additional batteries to increase the size > of you house bank? > > Rick > Brass > Jim Schwartz > s/v Sea > Ya > 1983 LF38 Hull # 105 > > Sent from my iPad > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including > unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > > > Bob Boyer > S/V > Rainy Days (1983 C&C Landfall 38 - Hull #230) > email: dainyrays@icloud.comblog: dainyrays.blogspot.com > > "There is > nothing--absolutely nothing--half so much worth doing as > simply messing about in boats." --Kenneth > Grahame > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Email address: > > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- > go to the bottom of page at: > > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > > > > > > > -- > William D. Hall, Ph.D. > 617 620 > 9078 (c) > wh...@alum.mit.edu > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including > unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > _______________________________________________ Email address: CnC-List@cnc-list.com To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
