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Old 11-04-2016, 05:51 PM   #15
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Default Sailing In Salt Water... Offshore

One of the crew members commenting in the last video, mentioned "Spray" on her clothes..not drying.

This is totally true. When sailing offshore, spray comes aboard as droplets..OR Buckets..and lands on your clothes. When sailing in the Gulf Stream for example, (it's warm water) just sailing along at speed generates an effervescence from the sea and it settles on Everything. When the moisture evaporates, you still have salt crystals. They don't go away.

The next time it gets humid, the salt brings back the wetness. The only way to solve this wetness problem is to wash the clothes in Fresh Water. Usually NOT an option at sea.

Sailing on the Lake is different: Spray comes aboard..NO Problem. It's fresh water.. and will dry out shortly with no after effects. NB
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