Kents private wwpotter archive : Beginner boat maintenance

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I am a rookie at boat maintenance, and thought it might be helpful to =
compile a list of things to do to the boat on a regular basis to keep it =
up. I'll bet there are plenty of lurkers like me out there who are too =
ashamed or afraid to ask. For instance, after sailing in salt water, =
should you wash the boat with the same soap you would use on a car? Use =
a brush? Wash the hull and deck? What about the lines, mast, stays, =
and shrouds? Do you just hose off the bottom paint? Should you strip =
off the bottom paint after a time or just let it wear off? Should you =
use soap on the trailer each time or just hose it off? Do you wax the =
boat hull and/or topsides? How often? How often do you flush out your =
outboard with fresh water? Do we need zinc on a trailer boat? These =
are little things that many of you may take for granted, but they are =
big things for those of us who hope to get into the water for the first =
time this spring.

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I am a rookie at boat maintenance, = and thought=20 it might be helpful to compile a list of things to do to the boat on a = regular=20 basis to keep it up. I'll bet there are plenty of lurkers like me = out=20 there who are too ashamed or afraid to ask. For instance, after = sailing in=20 salt water, should you wash the boat with the same soap you would use on = a=20 car? Use a brush? Wash the hull and deck? What about = the=20 lines, mast, stays, and shrouds? Do you just hose off the bottom=20 paint? Should you strip off the bottom paint after a time or just = let it=20 wear off? Should you use soap on the trailer each time or just = hose it=20 off? Do you wax the boat hull and/or topsides? How = often? How=20 often do you flush out your outboard with fresh water? Do we need = zinc on=20 a trailer boat? These are little things that many of you may take = for=20 granted, but they are big things for those of us who hope to get into = the water=20 for the first time this spring.

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