[C320-list] Bottom Paint Dust

[Robert E. Sloat]

Ditch him as a friend, but before doing so ask him to have your boat washed 
down by a marine detailer.  Based on his conduct, I would not trust him to 
wash your boat.  My yard does would stop this activity in a heart beat if 
dust was migration to other boats.  Just make sure he is not thinking about 
spraying on fresh bottom paint or you might have permanent coloring on 
board.

I had some joker next to me with an older boat clean out a bird's nest from 
the bottom of his stepped mast on top of his boat and the nest and other 
nasty items connected to it ended up in the cockpit of my freshly washed and 
polished boat which was to be launched the next day.  I know the boat name 
and slip number and the sailor is equally careless on the water.

Bob Sloat
Savannah Hull 894
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <bairdrjb at aol.com>
To: <C320-list at catalina320.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 4:06 PM
Subject: [C320-list] Bottom Paint Dust



Help!!!   I just discovered that the guy parked next to me in the yard had 
sanded off about 30 years of blue bottom paint, and our 2001 320 is covered 
in blue dust.  It is in every nook and cranny.  I hosed off the surface 
dust, but some surfaces appear to be stained.  I thought I would check in 
with this group before I do anything stupid.



We bought this boat at the tail end of last season and she was in MINT 
condition.   Now she has a blue tint.


And yes, the guy in the yard..... he is one of our dock mates and a friend. 
I want to smack him upside the head, but the friendship shall remain.


What do you suggest????


Bob and Ingrid Baird
Star Dust, 2001 320