"whit3rd" wrote in message
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On Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at 1:29:20 PM UTC-7, John McCoy wrote:
Greg Guarino wrote in news:nmo75r$9dr$1@dont-
email.me:

BTW, I wouldn't worry too much about whit3rd's comment on long
screws. Long screws are used all over the place in boatbuilding
without issues.

Yeah, but... how many drying-out cycles does a boat get?

Well, for sailboats, it depends upon how much time there is between changing
tack. If one is on a starboard tack for 24 hours and then changes to a port
tack, the starboard side that was up has dried out considerably; since it is
now down, it is going to leak considerably for a while. Ditto the reverse.
That's why there are bilge pumps