7 years of periodic salt immersion+ paint...yikes!
The front left subframe on my Amphibious bouncer BFG, flat steel all rusted away..only the corners remain...and stress crack at major pressure point. Only one of the salt water races has fresh water rinse upon water exit. Welded angle over it all and raced last week, no further fractures!!
What may not have helped was that this/these square curved/arc-ed pieces were all salvaged from an old six foot satellite dish frame that was already rusty,,,,already...!
Five races per year, two with 2 salt water crossings each..Humboldt & Port Townsend..one at Ventura. That's five salt water dips, and two other fresh water...Klamath Falls and Corvallis' daVinci Days..
Thirty five watery adventures, most with only minimal splashing, though the very first had me capsized on that left side in front of the docks on Humboldt Bay for what seemed like a lonng time, and my 3rd race, at Corvallis, which had me with a broken oarlock, so I drifted downriver for 45 minutes capsized, but in the sweet Wilamette waters., singing my theme song for that year, "Cool Clear Water" ...
7 years of periodic salt immersion+ paint...yikes!
The front left subframe on my Amphibious bouncer BFG, flat steel all rusted away..only the corners remain...and stress crack at major pressure point. Only one of the salt water races has fresh water rinse upon water exit. Welded angle over it all and raced last week, no further fractures!!
What may not have helped was that this/these square curved/arc-ed pieces were all salvaged from an old six foot satellite dish frame that was already rusty,,,,already...!
Five races per year, two with 2 salt water crossings each..Humboldt & Port Townsend..one at Ventura. That's five salt water dips, and two other fresh water...Klamath Falls and Corvallis' daVinci Days..
Thirty five watery adventures, most with only minimal splashing, though the very first had me capsized on that left side in front of the docks on Humboldt Bay for what seemed like a lonng time, and my 3rd race, at Corvallis, which had me with a broken oarlock, so I drifted downriver for 45 minutes capsized, but in the sweet Wilamette waters., singing my theme song for that year, "Cool Clear Water" ...