Why dry the hull?

[Home Cookin']

Re: Why dry the hull?

I'm too busy cleaning the treads of my trailer tires with dental tools to have time for that towel drying nonsense!

 

[ziggy]

Re: Why dry the hull?

while i don't towel down after a run. i do understand why. as everyone says, wiping it down right away reduces water spots, and grime.

my lake is usually filthy enough that i generally get the nasty bathtub ring. so i don't wipe it down on the spot. no point in spreading the slim around. i do however usually wash it with boat soap and water after every run. maybe the next day, but i do it. i also use ducky brand water spot remover every time. keeps my hull mirror finish. and my boats 35 years old.

while i don't think i'm anal about it, i do try to take care of her best i can. i don't think a wipe down after a run is anal either. just part of boating.

 

[sickwilly]

Re: Why dry the hull?

I spend a little extra time in the bed with the old lade after making love too -- caressing the boat with a towel is all part of the love affair with boating.

 

[Home Cookin']

Re: Why dry the hull?

Ewwww

 

[brick75]

Re: Why dry the hull?

I spend a little extra time in the bed with the old lade after making love too -- caressing the boat with a towel is all part of the love affair with boating.

sickwilly has just taken boating to a whole new level I haven't quite made it there yet, but I think I'm getting close

 

[bruceb58]

Re: Why dry the hull?

I spend a little extra time in the bed with the old boat after making love too -- caressing the boat with a towel is all part of the love affair with boating.

OK...so I changed one word in his quote!

 

[JimS123]

Re: Why dry the hull?

If you let the water just evaporate by itself, it will leave calcium spots behind. Then, when you wax the boat it will take a lot of elbow grease to make her shine. If you wipe down after each trip, the annual waxing takes hardly any effort at all.

 

[ovrrdrive]

Re: Why dry the hull?

I used to know a guy that fished fresh water that did that. He kept a spray bottle with some mild cleaner in it and would walk around the boat at the ramp at the end of the day and mist and wipe. Funny, his boat was 3 years old last time I was on it and it still looked brand new. I wonder why...?

I dry mine now but its at home after I wash it. I dry all I can and then try to let it air dry a little more before I cover it up. It helps keep down the mildew.

I never see anything wrong with someone taking care of the things they paid so much of their hard earned money for. I take great care of my toys and usually don't have any problem unloading them when I'm ready for something new.

 

[BigBoatinOkie]

Re: Why dry the hull?

I think this is a question that has much more to do with than just boats. There's 3 kinds of people in the world. People who fix stuff before anything has an opportunity to fail, People who take care of the problem as soon as it becomes noticeable, and people who wait til sh*t falls apart.

Now people in the first category are safe, a little anal, and are generally smart, but they also tend to waste money taking care of stuff way before it needs to be taken care of. But, rest assured, they will not be taken by surprise in any situation.

Category two people generally don't get bothered worrying about trivial things, they roll with the punches, and are also smart people, but more frugal. These peeople play it a little less safe, and are aware and okay with the possibility that they may get burned, but it's a carefully considered risk they are willing to take, but not without caution.

Category 3 folks.....well.....they are just going to die from their stupidity. This person's final words are likely to be...."Hey watch this!!"

I firmly believe that you can look anywhere and find these three people with a minimum of effort in your daily lives, and you can apply these principles to different situations with a slight change in wording. Just remember, it takes all kinds.

Hey I should have been a Psychologist.

P.S. I'm full of sh*t

 

[642mx]

Re: Why dry the hull?

I dry mine for multiple reasons. As others have stated, I don't like water spots on my hull or drive. I also use a quick detailer at the ramp to make it look a little more shiney and to help prevent the scum from sticking on the next outing.

I also dry as far as I can reach under the boat and I dry the trailer. And if the interior is dry, I go ahead and cover it up at the ramp (to keep the dust out of the interior).

Am I anal about it? Darn right!

 

[Tim Frank]

Re: Why dry the hull?

I wish I knew what a pier 6er was....I feel like I'm missin out on something funny.

From "The Urban dictionary"... PIER SIX BRAWL (PIER-SIXER)

Similar to a slobberknocker or donnybrook; a round of fisticuffs, or series of power wrestling moves, that transpires between two or more people during a heated scuffle that will definitely "leave a mark."
The scene on the football field was sheer pandemonium (bedlam, if you will) when the quarterback and linebacker got into a pier-sixer that inevitably drew the attention of, and engaged, all participants.

Mind you I'd never heard of a "slobberknocker"....

 

[Gregk]

Re: Why dry the hull?

for those that wipe down with vinegar or a vinegar mix - doesn't that take the wax off??

 

[grego]

Re: Why dry the hull?

Southern states , ask that you wash the hull of your boat before you put it into another lake. The hydrilla, is a big problem. It will live as a tiny spot on boat for weeks.

 

[BigBoatinOkie]

Re: Why dry the hull?

Mind you I'd never heard of a "slobberknocker"....

Funny, that's a common one around here.

 

[cr2k]

Re: Why dry the hull?

???

 

[cr2k]

Re: Why dry the hull?

sickwilly has just taken boating to a whole new level I haven't quite made it there yet, but I think I'm getting close

With the wife or the boat?

 

[dockwrecker]

Re: Why dry the hull?

Wax is only good for six months max, even the polymer crap in a marine environment. Wipe it and rewax ASAP! I hate having to deal with old scum, I'm a wiper!

 

[bruceb58]

Re: Why dry the hull?

Wax! What is Wax?

 

[AZBoatDreamer]

Re: Why dry the hull?

Probable due to anal retentiveness.

yes

 

[sickwilly]

Re: Why dry the hull?

Actually, for us its a little of a family ritual that everyone grabs a towel and cleans. The wife usually works the interior and the kids and I go around the outside of the boat with towels. Since we do a lot of water sports, we typically have some moist towels, and they do a good job of cleaning. All I typically have left to do it maybe hit the ski locker with the wet dry vac. I really only do a "deep" cleaning 1-2 times a year, when I put new wax on her and 303 the vinyl.

I think its important to get the kids into the routine.

I guess I am kind of weird, though, as I pretty much enjoy every aspect of boating, from the initial prep of the boat at home, loading it, launching it, to cleaning it. When I no longer do, I guess she will sit on a lift at the marina -- or blasphemy I will join a boat club where someone else does it all and I have nothing left to tinker with.