We hauled Santosha out of the water for a bottom painting and maintenance. There was plenty of damage from what the previous owner called a “soft landing” on a well known and well marked rocky reef in the San Juan Islands. “Soft landing”, my foot! It appears that barnacle encrusted rocks just raked the keel.
Also, the propeller has a lot of corrosion – likely the result of poorly maintained sacrificial zincs.
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- getting into the slings
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- coming out of the drink
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- prop and rudder
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- corrosion and barnacles
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- still have some zinc left after 10 months
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- barnacles growing on the propeller and corrosion
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- keel forefoot damage
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- paddle wheel with slime
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- paddle wheel – used to measure boat speed
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- the Catalina smile – a crack at the hull/keel joint
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- keel forefoot
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- trailing edge of the keel
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- looks like barnacles on a rock did the keel in
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- aft end of the keel
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