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Thanks so much! I will post if I gave anymore questions. This site is awesome!

Thanks for the replies. Yes I keep my boat in a crowded marina. My zincs looked normal last season and season before. 3 years ago though I also had a bad bilge pump which ate everything. The props I had always looked like victims of galvanic corrosion. Got them that way. I just want to be safe befor...

I don't think aluminum is for salt water. I would use zinc. Aluminum anodes, alternatively, offer several advantages. They’re immune to the calcareous coating menace and are therefore well suited for use in seawater, as well as brackish and fresh water. Aluminum anodes also pack more of a punch; th...

I have a 28 Bertram and was thinking of redoing the bonding system with the 8awg marine wire. I was curious about installing a transom aluminum bonding block (transom zinc) and was not sure on how to install this item. Does anyone have any suggestions? I've switched to using aluminum instead of zinc...

My memory was almost tippingnover in my B28 when someone with a much larger boat passed me port side and close. His wake curled over my gunnel like a beach wave and scared the heck out of me and my fiancee. Bertrams rock a lot already & we were trying to drift fish. Everything fell and if there was ...