RE: Shore Power/keel

Eric Johnson (eric@theftnet.net)
Fri, 30 Oct 1998 09:26:19 -0800


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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> What have you done/plan to do about the zinc covered keel and the copper
> covered bottom (paint)?

Do we even need to worry about galvanic corrosion if our simple shore power
systems are in no way connected to these parts? I have been thinking of
adding a small zinc to my ungalvanized keel just in case... but my rusty old
keel definitely needs work. I haven't decided if I'm going to be bold enough
to try to remove it and have it galvanized or just refinish it in-situ. I
can get to the entire keel one way or another from within the cabin or
underneath, but it sure would be easier to work on out of the boat.