Saturday November 17, 2012
So after bringing the boat home she needed to be cleaned. The worse part of cleaning her was getting the barnacles off...EWWWW!
A barnacle is a type of arthropod belonging to infraclass Cirripedia in the subphylum Crustacea, and is hence related to crabs and lobsters. Barnacles are exclusively marine, and tend to live in shallow and tidal waters, typically in erosive settings. They are sessile (non-motile) suspension feeders, and have two nektonic (active swimming) larval stages. Around 1,220 barnacle species are currently known. The name "Cirripedia" is Latin, meaning "curl-footed".Barnacles are encrusters, attaching themselves permanently to a hard substrate. The most common, "acorn barnacles" (Sessilia), are sessile, growing their shells directly onto the substrate. The order Pedunculata ("goose barnacles" and others) attach themselves by means of a stalk.
Also known as gross crunchies that you have to scrape off the bottom of your boat...YUCK!!
This is what I got to scrape off...now the driveway crunches when you walk around the boat.
Mike power washing the sides of the boat to get the stains off from sitting in the water all summer.
Finally a nice clean hull with no dirt or nasty barnacles.
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