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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We spent our Christmas on the beautiful Strait of Juan de Fuca again this year, though we didn’t get out of the slip to sail; our typical Christmas m.o. Instead we enjoyed the brief albeit cold break in the rain, hiked a favorite beach, filled up water jugs, and ate plenty. Janine cooked up some amazing stuffing (a la instant pot) followed by berry cobbler, courtesy of the many strawberries we gathered from our house in Port Angeles earlier this year. We still have more in the freezer.
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