Hull Cleaning Information

[sterlingMarineService]

12v is common! Check toolbarn.com Thats where fstbttms gets the 110 and I'm guessing they make a battery one.... Also google hookah and a site come up that sells battery ones but their more pricy than the tool barn ones

 

[sterlingMarineService]

Fstbttms: Whatdo u use the clipboard for?!?!

 

[fstbttms]

There are no mooring fields or legal anchorages in the Bay Area, so I have little need for a 12-volt system. They are available (Google "Sea Breathe) but tend to be pretty puny and I doubt they would stand up to much commercial work. An alternative is to run your compressor on a gas-powered generator. I have a 2000-watt Honda that works great for this.

 

[fstbttms]

Dude, what are clipboards usually used for?

 

[sterlingMarineService]

well IDK!!!! I have never used one

also have you ever attached a anchor line to a cement block... got a call 2 minutes ago and was wondering the best way? chain then rope or al rope or what?

thanks!!!!

 

[fstbttms]

Is this for a permanent mooring ball?If so, the rode should be all chain.

 

[sterlingMarineService]

Is this for a permanent mooring ball?If so, the rode should be all chain.

yeah! permanent... and then, buy a ball thats able to hold all the chain...

what size chain?

1"

 

[grouchyturtle]

There are no mooring fields or legal anchorages in the Bay Area, so I have little need for a 12-volt system. They are available (Google "Sea Breathe) but tend to be pretty puny and I doubt they would stand up to much commercial work. An alternative is to run your compressor on a gas-powered generator. I have a 2000-watt Honda that works great for this.

Or to just get a larger compressor for doing fills and dive tanks. Considering my living on the hook plan.

 

[fstbttms]

Sterling, this an area that you do not want to **** up in. If you go too small and the ball & boat come off the mooring, you are in deep doo-doo, my friend. I have very little experience in setting up moorings but the few times I've done it, the chain weighed about 10 pounds per foot. You might want to go to sailing forum and ask this question of people who actually keep a boat on a mooring.

 

[grouchyturtle]

Depends on the size of the boat. I use all an chain rode. I'm 34' and use 1/4", which some may say is a little light, but I want to save weight. A friend who's been sailing for years and has done a fair amount of cruising, uses the same size on the same boat. For a permanent mooing I'd probably go a little heavier, though.