Anyone practicing safe sacks?

http://www.rlyachts.net/tips_boatbag.asp

Scout

Scout wrote:
Anyone practicing safe sacks?

http://www.rlyachts.net/tips_boatbag.asp

Scout

that's really weird...never seen anything like it...people around here
either sail out to the SOund and careen or get a diver to clean their
bottom...

"katy" wrote in message
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Scout wrote:
Anyone practicing safe sacks?
http://www.rlyachts.net/tips_boatbag.asp
Scout

that's really weird...never seen anything like it...people around here
either sail out to the SOund and careen or get a diver to clean their
bottom...

I wondered if marina owners might find some reason to be upset with the
system. Or, are there any ecological concerns?
Scout

Scout wrote:
"katy" wrote in message
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Scout wrote:
Anyone practicing safe sacks?
http://www.rlyachts.net/tips_boatbag.asp
Scout
that's really weird...never seen anything like it...people around here
either sail out to the SOund and careen or get a diver to clean their
bottom...

I wondered if marina owners might find some reason to be upset with the
system. Or, are there any ecological concerns?
Scout


I would think that if it became a common practice that the dumping of
all that chlorine might be a problem...wonder what the EPA's stance on
it would be...

looks like a lot of work compared to bottom painting every
other year.

SV


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Anyone practicing safe sacks?

http://www.rlyachts.net/tips_boatbag.asp

Scout

Scout wrote:
Anyone practicing safe sacks?

Hell no. Clorine is corrosive first...Second cant get water for the
AC's and head.

Joe

http://www.rlyachts.net/tips_boatbag.asp

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"katy" wrote in message
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Scout wrote:
Anyone practicing safe sacks?
http://www.rlyachts.net/tips_boatbag.asp
Scout

that's really weird...never seen anything like it...people around here
either sail out to the SOund and careen or get a diver to clean their
bottom...

Sail a few miles up the Hudson and get that stuff stripped off for free. Go
a bit longer and the bottom paint will be removed. Go even further and you
won'r come back.

"Joe" wrote in message
ups.com...

Scout wrote:
Anyone practicing safe sacks?

Hell no. Clorine is corrosive first...Second cant get water for the
AC's and head.

Good point Joe, I guess I hadn't consider the AC! I wonder though if it
still wouldn't work, that is, assuming the bag doesn't actually obstruct
your intake, I wonder if the heat transfer through the plastic would be
enough to keep the condensing water at or below design temp. As for the
head, I assume (uh-oh) that you mean water for the head which would end up
in your holding tank, and that you don't mean to say you're flushing your
waste into the marina waters (like we did in the 60's & 70's). In any
event, I would imagine enough make-up water would get into the bag.
It looks like too much trouble for me, and besides, I don't mind diving with
goggles and scraping, which I did with my Starwind. The worst thing that
ever happened was some serious leg cramping (as in charlie horse) while I
had my foot hooked under the keel to keep me from floating up. Painful
stuff.
Scout

Scout, check out VC-17 bottom paint. Great stuff for
trailer sailors.

When's the maiden voyage?

Scotty


"Scout" wrote in message
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"Joe" wrote in message

ups.com...

Scout wrote:
Anyone practicing safe sacks?

Hell no. Clorine is corrosive first...Second cant get
water for the
AC's and head.

Good point Joe, I guess I hadn't consider the AC! I
wonder though if it
still wouldn't work, that is, assuming the bag doesn't
actually obstruct
your intake, I wonder if the heat transfer through the
plastic would be
enough to keep the condensing water at or below design
temp. As for the
head, I assume (uh-oh) that you mean water for the head
which would end up
in your holding tank, and that you don't mean to say
you're flushing your
waste into the marina waters (like we did in the 60's &
70's). In any
event, I would imagine enough make-up water would get into
the bag.
It looks like too much trouble for me, and besides, I
don't mind diving with
goggles and scraping, which I did with my Starwind. The
worst thing that
ever happened was some serious leg cramping (as in charlie
horse) while I
had my foot hooked under the keel to keep me from floating
up. Painful
stuff.
Scout

Scotty,
It has an adequate coat of bottom paint for now but I'll keep the VC-17 in
mind. I'm not planning on trailering it more than once a year at this point
(between home and a marina). Takes all the fun out of it if I have to drop
the mast and pull it home every time. I have a place lined up for next
summer, in Tuckerton, NJ.
I've pressure washed the Gulf gunk off. Looks pretty good. Not sure when
I'll get my first voyage in, too much on my plate to worry about it but I'm
having fun figuring stuff out on the hard.
Scout


"Scotty" wrote in message
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Scout, check out VC-17 bottom paint. Great stuff for
trailer sailors.

When's the maiden voyage?

Scotty


"Scout" wrote in message
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"Joe" wrote in message

ups.com...

Scout wrote:
Anyone practicing safe sacks?

Hell no. Clorine is corrosive first...Second cant get
water for the
AC's and head.

Good point Joe, I guess I hadn't consider the AC! I
wonder though if it
still wouldn't work, that is, assuming the bag doesn't
actually obstruct
your intake, I wonder if the heat transfer through the
plastic would be
enough to keep the condensing water at or below design
temp. As for the
head, I assume (uh-oh) that you mean water for the head
which would end up
in your holding tank, and that you don't mean to say
you're flushing your
waste into the marina waters (like we did in the 60's &
70's). In any
event, I would imagine enough make-up water would get into
the bag.
It looks like too much trouble for me, and besides, I
don't mind diving with
goggles and scraping, which I did with my Starwind. The
worst thing that
ever happened was some serious leg cramping (as in charlie
horse) while I
had my foot hooked under the keel to keep me from floating
up. Painful
stuff.
Scout