Oil Spill

Anybody have info/advice on effects of the oil spill on boats, such as running raw water cooled engines through it, bottom paint, or anything else? Thanks! John Stacklyn Cal 31 #33 "Sol Survivor" Shell Point, FL

If you are in the line of fire, it will probably make a mess of your waterline area and I wouldn't run it through my raw water. If you can stand still at dock try making a tarp bag for the bottom with grommets and run it under the hull and lace the grommets to your stanchions or deck cleats. I have been victim to an anchovy kill in Santa Cruz years ago that scummed up and stained my entire wetted surface. I bet the haulout places are jammed down there. Have you learned how deep the slick is floating, if it is just on top of the water, you might get away with a curtain style of barrier like visqueen/tarp with weights sewn in to a hem and hang it all the way around (rolled seams) from your rails down several feet under water to protect your hull and waterline. BP is liable for damages but it would be hard to recover for individual boats. Hopefully you are ahead of the arrival of the slick. HH From: John <st… [at] embarqmail.com> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Thu, May 6, 2010 5:08:45 AM Subject: [Cal_Boats] Oil Spill Anybody have info/advice on effects of the oil spill on boats, such as running raw water cooled engines through it, bottom paint, or anything else? Thanks! John Stacklyn Cal 31 #33 "Sol Survivor" Shell Point, FL

The shipping company paid for the cleaning of individual boats here when they hit the Bay Bridge. On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Helen Horn <he… [at] sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > If you are in the line of fire, it will probably make a mess of your > waterline area and I wouldn't run it through my raw water. If you can stand > still at dock try making a tarp bag for the bottom with grommets and run it > under the hull and lace the grommets to your stanchions or deck cleats. I > have been victim to an anchovy kill in Santa Cruz years ago that scummed up > and stained my entire wetted surface. I bet the haulout places are jammed > down there. Have you learned how deep the slick is floating, if it is just > on top of the water, you might get away with a curtain style of barrier like > visqueen/tarp with weights sewn in to a hem and hang it all the way around > (rolled seams) from your rails down several feet under water to protect your > hull and waterline. BP is liable for damages but it would be hard to recover > for individual boats. Hopefully you are ahead of the arrival of the slick. > HH > > ------------------------------ > *From:* John <st… [at] embarqmail.com> > *To:* Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com > *Sent:* Thu, May 6, 2010 5:08:45 AM > *Subject:* [Cal_Boats] Oil Spill > > > > Anybody have info/advice on effects of the oil spill on boats, such as > running raw water cooled engines through it, bottom paint, or anything > else? > Thanks! > > John Stacklyn > Cal 31 #33 "Sol Survivor" > Shell Point, FL > > >

Boaters in the spill area might consider a large tarp from a large hardware store, or even a pool cover; I'd hate to ruin canvass. Might even make cut outs for keel and rudder to get better hull coverage, since the oil is going to be floating on the surface. My heart goes out to you'all. I'm thinking deep wells aren't worth the gamble, since there is 100,000 psi. at 5000' depth squeezing all those liquid dibicks out of Pandora's box...or so I read somewhere. All those fail safe devices failed, just like the ones on some nuclear power plants, but I digress at the risk of setting off some petroleum fumes. Jerry --- On Thu, 5/6/10, Allen Edwards <al… [at] PaloAltoPhoto.com> wrote: From: Allen Edwards <al… [at] PaloAltoPhoto.com> Subject: Re: [Cal_Boats] Oil Spill To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, May 6, 2010, 9:28 PM The shipping company paid for the cleaning of individual boats here when they hit the Bay Bridge. On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Helen Horn <helenhorn@sbcglobal .net> wrote: If you are in the line of fire, it will probably make a mess of your waterline area and I wouldn't run it through my raw water. If you can stand still at dock try making a tarp bag for the bottom with grommets and run it under the hull and lace the grommets to your stanchions or deck cleats. I have been victim to an anchovy kill in Santa Cruz years ago that scummed up and stained my entire wetted surface. I bet the haulout places are jammed down there. Have you learned how deep the slick is floating, if it is just on top of the water, you might get away with a curtain style of barrier like visqueen/tarp with weights sewn in to a hem and hang it all the way around (rolled seams) from your rails down several feet under water to protect your hull and waterline. BP is liable for damages but it would be hard to recover for individual boats. Hopefully you are ahead of the arrival of the slick. HH From: John <stacklynj@embarqmai l.com> To: Cal_Boats@yahoogrou ps.com Sent: Thu, May 6, 2010 5:08:45 AM Subject: [Cal_Boats] Oil Spill Anybody have info/advice on effects of the oil spill on boats, such as running raw water cooled engines through it, bottom paint, or anything else? Thanks! John Stacklyn Cal 31 #33 "Sol Survivor" Shell Point, FL