[C320-list] Zinc Or Aluminum Anode For Mid Chesapeake?

[Karl Krueger]

That's what there selling in the Great Lakes area as well.

It is much lighter!

karl krueger
Kindred Spirit #282

On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Warren Updike <wupdike at hotmail.com> wrote:

> The manager at our store said aluminum is less damaging to the environment
> than are lead annodes. They are only stocking aluminum now.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce [mailto:swampcreek42 at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 1:56 PM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Zinc Or Aluminum Anode For Mid Chesapeake?
>
> >From what I've been reading, the less conductive the water the less noble
> the anode should be so the order goes zinc, aluminum, magnesium. Zinc for
> salt, aluminum for brackish and salt, magnesium for fresh. I guess I might
> be reading into this too much but now I have to get to the bottom of it.
> Thanks for the tip on Chinese abides from WM, I'll remember that.
>
> Bruce
> #719
>
> Marshall <marshall at merry-thought.com> wrote:
>
> >Everyone that I know on the Chesapeake including myself use zinc. My boat
> is across from Annapolis. To my knowledge boaters in the Northern part of
> the bay use zinc. I would avoid the Chinese made Worst Marine zincs. I am
> going to check out Fawcetts. Defemder also sells non Chinese zincs.
> >
> >Marshall
> >
> >Bruce <swampcreek42 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >>I was about to order a new anode For our FOF prop when I saw that
> >>aluminum alloy is decided for brackish water. I used to just put zinc
> >>on everything and not think twice but being that the mid Chesapeake is
> >>brackish I'm thinking that I should replace the prop AND shaft abides
> >>with aluminum alloy. Any thoughts?
> >
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> >
> >Marshall
> >
> >Marshall, Diane &
> >The Merrythought Poodles
> >SV C-320 Merrythought  #1037
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>
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