We don't have really big cockroaches in this part of the great white north.
I was looking at a C&C 35 on the hard in Florida last December and discovered
a big brown cockroach in one of the lockers.
I was about as wide as a good Cuban cigar, and maybe half as long.
Moved pretty quick too.
Not really. Most folks I know still squeal like little girls when a
cockroach shows up. Palmetto bugs are almost as bad. But the cats love
to hunt them.
Oddly, snakes and other critters are no worries. You just stop moving,
they check you out, and move on.
On 07/10/2012 08:23 AM, Steve Thomas w
Cockroaches are part of the scene in the subtropics, like alligators,
hurricanes, mosquitoes and ice-cold rum runners.
You can only eliminate cockroaches (temporarily) by turning your house into
a toxic waste dump. Cats do a good job of keeping them in check, as do the
three-inch lizards that
OK that's good news...I got no cockroaches, lizards or any other creatures I
can see living on board...I must also have a spotlessly clean boat... but I
still got some work to do, just lucky I guess
Dwight Veinot
C&C 35 MKII, Alianna
Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS
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From:
Hi Wally,
Thanks for the great links. You've obviously done a fantastic job inside out.
On my side the local anodizing shop maxes out at 12' so no go for my spar.
However this begs a question for those metallurgists lurking out there: What
do I do about the residual anodizing on the spar bef
I want to piggy back on Alex's question regarding a re-coat over anodizing, in
my case the C&C toe rail.
Any special prep (beyond sand / prime) to paint over the original anodizing?
Any case histories of epic success or failure?
Martin
Calypso
1972 C&C 43
Seattle
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Fr
Unless you guys have some special aluminium alloy then the minute you sand
or polish the mast or boom down to bare alloy then that's the minute that
oxidation of the surface starts, and that new oxide layer forms an
impervious protective layer against further corrosion, chemical anodizing
can chan
Hi Martin,
I did my port side toe rail with Tremclad spray paint, flat black.
The underside had many corrosion spots & sorta cracks (linear
corrosion). The corrosion got hogged out with a round burr on a
pencil grinder and washed with a weak acid to get rid of salt
deposits, then rinsed. The d
Russ, Thanks for the info. Which Tremclad (aka Rust-Oleum) product did you
use? The Tremclad/Rust-Oleum web site has several spray options that might be
similar.
A while back I read that someone used BBQ paint successfully. I suspect the
Tremclad is a similar formulation good on aluminum and
No, it's because your winter kills everything on board.
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 1:59 PM, dwight veinot wrote:
> OK that's good news...I got no cockroaches, lizards or any other creatures
> I
> can see living on board...I must also have a spotlessly clean boat... but I
> still got some work to
Don't forget the aluminum primer -- I think Wal used a yellow zinc chromate
prime coat ahead of the finish coat.
Fred Street -- Minneapolis
S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^(
On Jul 10, 2012, at 7:15 PM, dwight veinot wrote:
> Unless you guys have some speci
Thanks all for your responses. I think I will leave it where it is. It
seems to work well except on a Northerly heading where it tends to hunt. I
have the Manual so will go through to make sure I have all the correct
setting.
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