[PUP] Corrosion prevention

[PrncessKHY@aol.com]

I have posted this on the T&T forum, so please forgive the duplicate  posting 
for those who are members of both, but there has been no response and  I'd 
really like to get the collective expertise here before I order this stuff  
(which I need to do in the next day or 2 so that we can get these parts stowed  
while we're up here on the boat in Seattle --starting to feel the crunch as  
we're heading south in May).  Perhaps this is more of an issue for  
passagemaking???
 
At any rate.....I am in the process of cataloguing and stowing the  multitude 
of spare parts we have purchased in anticipation of  passagemaking,......and, 
yes, we are newbies to long passages, so are rather  green on how to do some 
of this stuff, so thanks in advance for any input and  your patience with 
silly questions.
 
In order to keep the corrosion at bay, we had thought to vacuum bag  the 
parts and perhaps include a desiccant packet in each bag.  Went to  find the 
packets, and as ubiquitous as they are in our lives (if ONLY I had  saved all those 
packets I threw out, from bacon bits to shoes) found  that no one really 
sells them. Long story short, came across this product,  Bullfrog, 
_http://www.bull-frog.com/products/_ (http://www.bull-frog.com/products/)  
 
in my google searches and got really intrigued.  If it works as  advertised, 
it could be a great solution. Called and talked to the  manufacturer and then 
also to a sales agent and it does sound good. Yes,  it's more expensive than 
vac bagging, but it seems like after all the bucks  we've spent on spares, why 
stop now???  :)  [That one's for you Peter  - just kidding :))]
 
Any of you guys who've done all this before know of this product and how  
well it works?  Does this fall under the nano technology umbrella? (which i  know 
just enough about to be dangerous)  Whatever, does this sound  like a 
reasonable solution to keep spares from the ravages of the salt  air?  
 
Thanks again for any insight here.
 
Kathy (& John - still down in the engine room) Youngblood
m/v Mystic Moon - Selene 53
 




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