Storm, I forgot about you po' folks who live and sail close to or in salt
water. We do not have rust! The air is so dry here at Tahoe, that nothing
stays damp long enough to rust. I could take a shower every 1/2 hour, and the
towel would always be dry!
I have to have humidifiers in every room to prevent plants from dying, wood
from cracking, noses from bleeding, and skin from cracking!
Although sailing isn't a whole lot different in the mountains, the life is.
Corrosion is practically nonexistent. My boat is about six or seven years
old. I wax it once a year and it looks like the day I got it from
International Marine. Engines run at about 75% of their efficiency because of
the altitude. It takes longer to make a cup of water or cook dinner because
water boils at a lower temperature. There are no barnacles, but fiberglass
can blister from the cold temperatures.
I enjoy SCUBA diving, both in mountain lakes and in the ocean. It amazes me
how fast corrosion begins on my equipment when I am in the sea. Without a
coating of silicone, my dive knife will begin to corrode in a day, two at the
most. Here, at home, I don't do anything to prevent corrosion and I've never
seen it.
Soooo...I will leave the hitch ball in for the winter.
I realize there are many more people who live at the shore than in the
mountains, I thought you might like to hear a little of the differences.
I just peeked, and as I type this at 8:30 PM, it is almost 80 degrees in Key
West. Here at Tahoe, it is 25 and snowing.
Geoff
Pee, er, I mean: P-15 Lollipop
No. Lake Tahoe, NV