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Sorted by Subject Island Packet Owner's Q & A Report on Tenders Barnacle Rings On Avon Inflatable From: Clark Chalifour Received: 3/12/2002 11:55:18 AM Last season, I left my Avon inflatable in the water too long and ended up with many barnacles on its bottom. I removed the barnacles with a black Scotch pad (the type used on grills), but rings from the barnacles remain. I am hesitant to use products intended for removing barnacle rings from fiberglass hulls on a fabric inflatable. Does anyone have any experience or suggestions with respect to removing such rings from an inflatable? Clark Chalifour WINDHOVER IP-27-198 From: Don Berger Received: 3/12/2002 1:17:11 PM WM sells dilute hydrochloric acid under some obvious brand name I can't recall just now and it is advertized as safe. More important, I've used it and it works great. Hypalon and PVC are both impervious to HCL; my only reservation had been to keep it away from the seams (which isn't that difficult) as I am not sure how it would affect the glue. Don From: Sherri & Glen Wells Received: 3/13/2002 7:33:35 AM You probably won't like my method but it works. Deflate the dinghy and roll the PVC or Hapalon with your fingers as to fracture and dislodge the rings. Sometimes a plastic scraper used for snow removal can assist. I also grew a healthy crop. After this tedious effort of Cirripedia removal a priorety was established. Get the dink out of the water! Captain Glenn Lady Ann IP-32 #120 From: Al Sandman Received: 3/13/2002 8:03:43 AM Just try using liquid bleach, I have used it for years, it seems to work better than any other product I tried. The best part is that dosen't take much scrubbing to get the rings off. a.sandman IP-350/63 From: Peyton & Ruth Perkins Received: 3/14/2002 1:14:30 AM As an old printer, I use plastic ink knives (look like putty knives) to scrape fragile goodies like fenders, etc. Check with a local print shop and see if they can help; if not, contact Van Son Ink co. (use search engine) and fib a little; any vendor of the ink will usually be helpful. I haven't seen these knives elsewhere in my home remodeling projects. Ruth and/or Peyton Perkins SV Éowyn IP-350 #056 Albany Oregon and Captain's Cove British Columbia Boarding Aid For Inflat. Dinghy From: George & Maureen Bigler Received: 3/28/1999 7:03:55 PM To the group: This may seem obvious to everyone but we didn't think of it until we were half way through our cruise and it really made a difference for me so I thought I would pass it on. I LOVE to snorkel but I have never, not even ten years ago, had the upper body strength to pull myself into the Avon from deep water. Many times we couldn't anchor Rapture within swimming distance of a good snorkeling area so I just missed out until I tried tying a sail gasket to the rings on the side of the inflatable, making a loop which hung about two feet (whatever length works for you) below water. I could put one bare foot in the loop and kick with my fin on the other foot and get into the dinghy - NO PROBLEM. The flat nylon of a sail gasket is much easier on a bare foot than a rope. We just leave this line on the dinghy all the time, in case I should manage to unintentionally fall out. Obviously the dinghy has its own anchor, a teeny tiny Danforth, 5 ft. of chain and a nylon rode. We've always been able to find a patch of sand near or within the reef to anchor in. I also get a false sense of security by having the dinghy nearby in case a shark shows up. Maureen Bigler RAPTURE IP-38-51 From: Steve Weiser Received: 4/5/1999 11:26:38 PM >thought of looking up some >I.P. members for a possible day out, but it was COLD, COLD, COLD. I don't >know about that Northern California water - - how do you guys out there do >it!??) Bob Wenneson....we've had an unusually unpleasant winter. Be sure to contact one of us next time you are out here and maybe we can get together and swap sea stories. Regards, Steve Weiser IP-40-93 EMILY Compact Ribs As A Dinghy From: Charles I. Malme Received: 2/18/1999 8:02:12 PM As a long-time lurker I followed the recent threads about Trinkas as dinghys and STOW-BOTES as dinghys. I am interested in the possibilities of the Bombard Model AX/3001 8.5 ft compact RIB as a dinghy. This boat has the advantage of a folding transom which permits it to be deflated and folded up into a package 5'9 long, 2'11 wide, and 1' thick. This could be stowed on the foredeck of my IP-29 and presumably still allow use of the foresail. It could also fit into the quarter berth or the V-berth if deck stowage was not appropriate. I would welcome any comments from IP owners who may have already tried out this dinghy option. Chuck Malme SKYA III, IP-29-16 Hingham, MA Davits & Dinks From: Irwin Roberts Received: 9/29/1999 9:04:05 PM Hi Gang: I have my IP-320-18 for just over a year, and know there is no place to store an inflated or partially inflated inflatable. (That's a tongue twister). I believe the only solution for storage of inflatable, the dink, motor, oars, and gas tank is to add davits. Davit companies tell me many fellow IP owners have indeed added davits to their boats. What davits seem the beat for IP's with their rail seats and curved transoms, and what companies were the best to deal with? Is there another solution? I am not in love with the looks of a boat with davits. Hopping for some input, best to all. Irwin Roberts IP-320-18 Wind Dancer From: Received: 3/23/2004 10:27:07 PM Copyright © 1998-2004 Bruce Gregory, All rights reserved.' Page 1 of 62 Davits & Dinks From: Gary Drussel Received: 9/29/1999 10:12:55 PM Irwin, Glad you are happy with your new 320. We have Kato Davits which are about the highest quality I have found. They are on katomarine.com You might want to consider a stern arch as some of of our member had done. There are some really nice installations which can be viewed on the homeport. Our Kato davits mount the dingey really high off the water and are very sturdy. There are some advantages to an arch, particularily if you do it early in the game. In retrospect, I would have an arch that also served as aft mounts for our full length bimini, also was our davits, and served as a mount for various antennas, etc. Could be made more asthetically pleasing than separate items. If used for multi purposes the arch might be more cost effective. Gary Surrender 40/72 From: Steve Weiser Received: 9/29/1999 11:25:53 PM > There are some advantages to an arch, particularily if you do it early in >the game. In retrospect, I would have an arch that also served as aft >mounts for our full length bimini, also was our davits, and served as a >mount for various antennas, etc. Could be made more asthetically pleasing >than separate items. If used for multi purposes the arch might be more >cost effective. Irwin....I obviously agree with Gary because I had an arch installed. There is a picture or two of it on the Homeport site. While it is expensive, it solves a lot of problems, including motor hoist, antenna locations, etc. as Gary described. If you start to add all those up separately, then the cost of an arch doesn't seem so bad. Regards, Steve Weiser IP-40-93 EMILY From: Butler Smythe Received: 9/30/1999 6:36:24 AM There are more companies than KATO (cheaper too). We bought from Offshore in NC a few years ago. All depends on what you really need, want or have the bucks for. We paid about $575 in 94.. think they are now $775. Another very goo company is in BC. Shop at the shows if you are not in a hurry. vr, Butler Smythe From: William Mayberry Received: 10/4/1999 6:28:23 PM Butler, do you have numberor address for Offshore? Wm Mayberry OPTIMYSTIQUE IP-37-30 From: Tom Jones Received: 10/4/1999 10:20:31 PM Wm; Another excellent davit company is Ocean Marine Systems in Richmond B.C., Canada. They know their stuff, and make an excellent product. They can be contacted at 800-883-2848. Ask for Mike Thomas. Regards, Tom Jones WM Mayberry wrote: > Butler, do you have numberor address for Offshore? > Wm Mayberry > OPTIMYSTIQUE > IP-37-30 > > Smythe, Butler non Unisys wrote: > > > There are more companies than KATO (cheaper too). We bought from Offshore in > > NC a few years ago. All depends on what you really need, want or have the > > bucks for. We paid about $575 in 94.. think they are now $775. Another very > > goo company is in BC. Shop at the shows if you are not in a hurry.