From: Adrian Tymes (wingcat@pacbell.net)
Date: Mon Jun 02 2003 - 23:20:29 MDT
--- "S.J. Van Sickle" <sjvan@csd.uwm.edu> wrote:
> On Sun, 1 Jun 2003, Robert J. Bradbury wrote:
> > Imagine days of lying in the sun out on the deck,
> bungee jumping off of
> > end of the deck, etc.
>
> Can tell you never worked aboard ship. Lying in the
> sun, huh?
>
> More like chip and paint in the sun.
>
> Chip and paint.
>
> Chip and paint.
>
> Every spare moment...
>
> Chip and paint.
Eh? Aren't there membrances that are one-way
permeable
to water these days? Panel 'em over a surface, and if
any water does seep in behind, it gets expelled. Rig
a gutter system so that solid wastes drop out, and
perhaps wash it out every so often. This wouldn't
work
as well for that part of the ship which is usually
below the waterline, but that's not the part of the
ship you're chipping and painting, no?
(I could go on about ways to make modern ships much
lower maintenance - for instance, if welds and seams
are such a hassle, make the core from one long winding
of carbon fiber or similar - wouldn't completely get
rid of porthole and door openings, but at least that's
all you'd have to worry about - and spray with a
permanent water-repellant coating. But we're talking
about an existing used ship.)
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