mooring
Submitted by petermac on Mon, 2014-04-14 20:26
my old boss when I was still at rio put a mooring down in Keogh bay of dampier about 20 years ago the mooring was made of 2 loco wheels , guessing the chains and floats would be long gone now (last time I used it would be 5 years ago and jimmy hasn't maintained it ) my question is would the loco wheels be still there ????
carnarvonite
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Wheels
You couldn't guarantee them to be in a condition that you would want to moor your boat to if there was no sacrificial anodes fitted to stop the corrosion put on when it was laid and regularly changed
petermac
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need to do a dive on them
next time I am up there I will do a dive on them the question is it still jimmys mooring ??? he is also half owner of a shack in Keogh bay that he hasn't been to for 10 years but still pays his shack fees
carnarvonite
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Buried
Probably buried in the sand and not to be seen again
dodgy
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They still use loco wheels
They still use loco wheels as mooring weights so they are probably still there. Probably not the ground tackle though.
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meglodon
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If you have a "fix"
If you have a GPS fix of the position of the mooring and the wheels are quite heavy there is every chance they may still be there, even if, as has been said they may be under a bit of sand.
eziliving
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Correct me if I am wrong,
Correct me if I am wrong, but if it's been under water all this time wouldn't the rust be minimal? I thought you rust only accelerates when oxygen meets the affected area?
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meglodon
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Shallow water
Shallow water contains a fair amount of oxygen.Deeper you go less oxygen.