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R E K

A boatyard is a very unhealthy place.

Blue, black and red rivers of antifouling-logged water run at your feet. Clouds of ground plastic and paint drift by, settling on the ground when the wind dies, and rising with every gust. The constant roaring of grinders and machinery attacking your ears, and the nose-burning stink of an assortment of toxic chemicals.

6 Jun 2023 at 20:48 | Open on merveilles.town
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R E K

Actually, I forgot to say, but we saw the junk-rigged boat China Cloud in the yard!
Ought to have photographed it, but it was in a sorry state, and hopefully will look this good again soon.

the junk rigged sailboat chinacloud
6 Jun 2023 at 22:12 | Open on merveilles.town
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@rek i love junk boats! this is a beautiful one. i (accidentally) took a whole class about the history of boats in college and they were by far my favorite lol

6 Jun 2023 at 23:48 | Open on urbanists.social
River Rat

@rek looks lovely! Not only a junk rig, but that hull looks East Asian, to my eye at least, which is not something I've seen much of around. I'd love to get a chance to sail a junk rig at some point, have you ever?

8 Jun 2023 at 5:09 | Open on todon.nl
nomand

@rek I'm planning to switch to Coppercoat when I can afford it. Only antifouled once, and have to do it again next summer ><

7 Jun 2023 at 10:21 | Open on merveilles.town
R E K

@nomand Yea Coppercoat is not cheap, but then again, so is time in a boatyard. If you can do regular scrubbings in water should work out quite well :).

7 Jun 2023 at 14:01 | Open on merveilles.town
Hamish

@rek Yeah I was surprised and saddened by this.

I liked the sound of these drive-in boatwash things... would need to do it regularly... and probably only available at fancy expensive marinas... -_-

"Copper-based anti foul paint is already banned in Sweden, Denmark and Holland, it is also banned in some states of the United States."
nzherald.co.nz/nz/to-anti-foul
8 Jun 2023 at 2:49 | Open on merveilles.town
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