Hydraulicjump
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- Joined
- Feb 10, 2011
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- Fluid Motion Model
- C-30 CB
- Hull Identification Number
- FMLT2911F415
- Non-Fluid Motion Model
- Necky Looksha VII, Liquidlogic Remix, Jackson 4Fun
- Vessel Name
- La Barka (2015)
We don't yet have a category for recommended books, but I note that occasionally a tugnut will toss one out. Staring at all the systems and tricks on our boats to battle corrosion, I decided to pick up Rust: The Longest War by Johnathan Waldman. It's not great literature, but it is a kick in the pants to read, especially while you are sitting on your slowly corroding boat. According to the author, our boats are nothing like older model Fords, which measurably lost weight every day due to oxidation Fortunately, they have done a lot to reduce corrosion on boats, but it is still constantly, relentlessly, irrevocably oxidizing beneath you at all times.
Chapter 2 of the book is the highlight. We really didn't understand what caused rust until the 19th Century, and didn't fully get it until the 20th Century! And the story involves many of the heroes of physics and chemistry--Galvani, Faraday, Pauling, Mulliken--all rust battlers. The best part is that it goes into the discovery that we use every day on our boats to reduce galvanic corrosion using our zincs.
And the author starts his story with the purchase of a sail boat that if a part can be corroded, it was corroded. The list of failed parts made me glad I have a stinkpot.
Neil Young was right: rust never sleeps.
Jeff
Chapter 2 of the book is the highlight. We really didn't understand what caused rust until the 19th Century, and didn't fully get it until the 20th Century! And the story involves many of the heroes of physics and chemistry--Galvani, Faraday, Pauling, Mulliken--all rust battlers. The best part is that it goes into the discovery that we use every day on our boats to reduce galvanic corrosion using our zincs.
And the author starts his story with the purchase of a sail boat that if a part can be corroded, it was corroded. The list of failed parts made me glad I have a stinkpot.
Neil Young was right: rust never sleeps.
Jeff
