applepip
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When you anchor in freshwater after sailing at sea do the barnacles etc. die and fall off or do they just die and you have to scrape the bottom??
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Fouling
- Thread starter applepip
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tcm
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They stay stuck and you have to scrapem off dead or otherwise.
If you could find a river of dilute hydrochloric acid, then they would be magically dissolved.
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If you could find a river of dilute hydrochloric acid, then they would be magically dissolved.
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AndrewB
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Along with the hull. Problem solved - nice one, TCM!
Goose barnacles are such an expensive delicacy in Spain maybe it would be better to encourage them and make a bit on the side.
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Goose barnacles are such an expensive delicacy in Spain maybe it would be better to encourage them and make a bit on the side.
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applepip
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Why do we not eat them ourselves????
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AndrewB
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There's hardly anything to them, a little curl of soft flesh comes out the stem, its rather like picking your nose.
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applepip
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You do that too? We see lots of people driving past our house picking thier nose!
And I thought I would miss it! I did not know we did while we sailed?
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And I thought I would miss it! I did not know we did while we sailed?
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mocruising
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I hope we meet cruisers with such a sense of humour when we start our retirement.
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