tome
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Following on from my post 3 weeks ago about losing an impellor, inspected the water inlet strainer this weekend and it's fully clogged with weed again (in just 2 weeks since I last cleared it).
Solent Weed Alert
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Phoenix of Hamble
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Mine was too, and thats on the East Coast.... there seemed to be a lot about this weekend, all floating.... Fortunately, I saved my impellor, but the strainer was well and truly blocked..... I wonder if the hot weather has brought it to the surface for some reason?
BlueSkyNick
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As I said in my RTIR post, we had green strands up to 2ft long hanging off just below the water line which werent there 2 weeks ago. I assume it is due to the increase in temperature - and the semi stagnant water in our marina.
Sans Bateau
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Hi Tom
We left Bembridge end of May, the boat was slugish under engine as we worked our way to the entrance, in the end rolled out the genny and hoisted the main 'on the run'. I thought we had an engine problem. The sail back to Northney was not as brisk as I would expect. When we got to within sight of Northney we started the engine for the last few 100 meters, then I remembered the trick of reversing the engine, it worked, it looked like we emptied a compost heap behind us! A mass of weed.
We left Bembridge end of May, the boat was slugish under engine as we worked our way to the entrance, in the end rolled out the genny and hoisted the main 'on the run'. I thought we had an engine problem. The sail back to Northney was not as brisk as I would expect. When we got to within sight of Northney we started the engine for the last few 100 meters, then I remembered the trick of reversing the engine, it worked, it looked like we emptied a compost heap behind us! A mass of weed.
ParaHandy
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humph .. wiz getting ma hopes up fer new supply orra wacky baccy ...
Phoenix of Hamble
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Could be.... the lock into Ipswich Wet Docks on Sunday afternoon was filled with water that was almost lime green it had so much weed/algae/plankton/whatever in it....
Clive_Rigden
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Pooped into East Cowes Marina yesterday and thought what a lot of weed. Beaulieu River all right though.
Phoenix of Hamble
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It wasn't only weed in there then if you "pooped into East Cowes" /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Lakesailor
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So, why bother with antifoul? Clean gel coat and a power wash now and again. It's like painting a brick wall white. A rod for your own back.
Mirelle
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What about the disgusting pink stuff with polyps?
Infests the Deben, now. Looks like straw, grows about 2" long, has squisy polyps in it.
Infests the Deben, now. Looks like straw, grows about 2" long, has squisy polyps in it.
ChrisE
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Lakesailor, you clearly haven't been floating boats in the Solent area. You'd need to powerwash every week in the shallow, warm waters of say Poole harbour or Keyhaven. On my fishing boat, the stem of my unantifouled outboard grows about 3-6 inches of vegetation a week during the peak growing season, ie now. It would make the crane owners or drying berth owners rich men very quickly!
Sans Bateau
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And an angle grinder to get the barnicles off!
Lakesailor
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You're right. I haven't seen growth like that. Would tomatoes do well?
ChrisE
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If you could overcome their dislike of salinty, you'd be on to a winner!
woody001
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Re: What about the disgusting pink stuff with polyps?
whats the trick "then I remembered the trick of reversing the engine, it worked" ????
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whats the trick "then I remembered the trick of reversing the engine, it worked" ????
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Phoenix of Hamble
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Re: What about the disgusting pink stuff with polyps?
Mirelle,
Can't say I've seen too much of that about....?
Mirelle,
Can't say I've seen too much of that about....?
Sans Bateau
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Re: What about the disgusting pink stuff with polyps?
I think that is a quote from my post, see what you mean. No I have'nt only just found the engine has reverse!@*!
I think that is a quote from my post, see what you mean. No I have'nt only just found the engine has reverse!@*!
tome
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Re: What about the disgusting pink stuff with polyps?
I think Woody was asking for an explanation rather than making a quip!
I think Woody was asking for an explanation rather than making a quip!
Mirelle
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Re: What about the disgusting pink stuff with polyps?
Absolutely foul stuff; grows like anything in warm weather.
International's most expensive seems to work on it; nothing much else seems to.
It arrived in the river just a few years ago, but local fishermen recall pulling it up off the Roughs, etc, a year or two earlier.
Possibly an alien species, imported in ballast water of ships calling at Felixstowe.
Absolutely foul stuff; grows like anything in warm weather.
International's most expensive seems to work on it; nothing much else seems to.
It arrived in the river just a few years ago, but local fishermen recall pulling it up off the Roughs, etc, a year or two earlier.
Possibly an alien species, imported in ballast water of ships calling at Felixstowe.
tcm
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the antifoul is a sacrificial layer, allows a good hack at the barncles etc without damaging gelcoat, in theory anyway.