Exploring the world on a Vancouver 36
Aside from Janine and myself, our crew consists entirely of four-legged (female) critters; two felines and a canine all of whom lived together with us on land before we set sail. Since they will no-doubt be featured in many a blog post to come, we felt we should share a bit about each of them with you here.
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Knock on wood, I’ve not yet had to deal with the nastiness that comes from galvanic corrosion aboard a boat… But then I really haven’t paid much attention to the issue aboard my previous vessels. Sure I changed the prop-shaft zinc when I hauled Uno Mas out for bottom painting every year, but since I never really left her plugged in to shore power for longer than a week or so, I never really gave my anodes much thought. Now that my home is my boat (and for the time being I’m plugged in to shore power), I am making a habit out of carefully monitoring my cathodic protection. I hope to make a monthly checkup of all my anodes and report my findings here.
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