Day 37, Year 8: Anchor Chain Story Continues
Date: Monday, December 10, 2012
Weather: Mostly Cloudy, Some Fog, A Bit Cooler
Location: Lightkeeper’s Marina in Coquina Harbor, Little River, SC
The story continues. When we stepped out of Windbird this morning and took
a look at the anchor chain, now dry, it looked as rusty as it did before we
started the cleaning process. Well, maybe not quite, but it doesn’t look as
good as we thought yesterday when it was still wet. Soooooo, what to do?
We searched the internet for products that might inhibit further rust, but
short of re-galvanizing, we found little that we thought would be
satisfactory. And what we did find doesn’t seem to be available locally.
So we went to Lowe’s and to Home Depot to see what is available and came
away from both places thinking that painting the chain with Rustoleum Rusty
Metal Primer paint might help the situation. Tomorrow we will put a tarp
down on the dock to protect it, line up the chain in rows side by side on
the tarp, and paint the chain with a big brush. The next day we will turn
it over and paint the other side. At least that is the plan as of this
moment. By Thursday we will know the results. We know the paint will flake
off with use, but it might delay the evitable a bit longer.
It was a mostly cloudy day, but still warm enough to invite us to take a
walk around Coquina Harbor. When we walk in one direction we go the little
lighthouse on the waterway. Today we walked toward the highway. The
boardwalk runs in front of the condos of Lightkeeper’s Village and then
turns to run parallel with the highway. This takes us to the Myrtle Beach
Yacht Club, more condos, and more boats. The boardwalk then turns again,
making a u-shape, and goes past at least three more sets of condos with boat
docks all the way. Lee was telling us that this harbor was dug out to get
the coquina, a sedimentary rock made of shells. When crushed, coquina is
used in road building and drive-ways. The result of digging up the coquina
was a nice u-shaped harbor right on the Intracoastal Waterway that became
the home of lots of boats and ‘waterfront’ condos. We enjoyed our walk, had
lunch back on Windbird, went out to do the shopping, and then headed to my
sister’s house. We had made plans to meet there and then go to the movie
theater for the matinee playing of Lincoln. What a powerful film. We
really enjoyed it, as well as the Mexican dinner afterwards.
