Nice work and slick setup with the hoist.  Thanks for sharing. Unfortunately, Zebra mussels are something that we all may have to deal with eventually.

Jesse Shumaker
S/V Zephyr

On Sun, May 15, 2022 at 1:35 PM Steven Alm <stevenalm at gmail.com> wrote:

> I keep my boat on Lake Pepin which is actually The Mississippi River.
> Unfortunately it's become infested with zebra mussels in a big way. They
> got up inside the centerboard trunk and jammed up the board so bad it would
> hardly move up and down. At one point mid-season last year I hauled it out
> on the marina's big travel lift and power sprayed up in the trunk as
> best we could and it was better for a while. I can't keep doing that though
> so I took the board out and painted it with anti-fouling ablative bottom
> paint, counting on the fact that they can't attach to the paint. I was
> mostly unable to prep /sand the inside of the trunk to my satisfation but I
> did get three coats of paint down there with the weenie roller on a stick.
> The fun part was the trolly I fabricated to hook the block and tackle to,
> hoisted the board up and rolled it across the boom and out to the cockpit
> for prep and paint. Then hoisted it back up, rolled it back in and lowered
> it into place. (see pictures) I'm counting on the bottom paint to solve the
> problem. I truly hope not to be doing this again!!
>
> Slim
> Fandango
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