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Looks like a bingo. The white stuff was most probably aluminum oxide which is its predominant corrosion product. You're going to have to clean it well, dry it then protect it. Do a search on aluminum corrosion protection. (boats & aircraft) I'd get all the foam out then when reinstalling new foam make sure there is a good heavy continuous layer of plastic sheet between the foam and the hull. I don't know how your gas tank is set up but mine is a permanent one mounted in the bow. The rubber gas line had been run beneath the floorboard in the foam. I had to replace it when I smelled gas one day while uncovering the boat. What I did was run the new hose thru a cemented PVC pipeline, with 45 deg elbows on the ends, above the floorboard, tight to the bulkhead. (Prevention rather than cure.) If you have a portable tank i.e. 6 gal metal type, I'd make sure it sits on a piece of wood with painted underside and not directly on the bottom of the boat in case of overfill, leakage etc. Definitely look at all grounding but also look for any gas leaks/spills etc. Good luck with it. Tom B. (LongLine)

Was that foam ever wet? Any smell? Gasoline is non-conductive. 10% blends are conductive. If any sits in the bildge a galvanic cell will be created. When you get it fixed, keep the bildge dry. Very important to check all grounds. Get them back to the battery (hence the engine) & not to the hull. Tom B. (LongLine)

For the do-it-yourselfer, this guy covers just about everything: http://alantani.com/ Tom B. (LongLine)

Happy B'day Tom B. (LongLine)

In the "just plain stupid category", I caught my rigger cable with my prop. Luckily retrieved everything & no engine damage. Tom B. (LongLine)

How about the dike breaking that was holding the million pounds of cow manure that went into the east end of the lake last yr? (maybe the year before?) Talk about green...er brown...messing things up in that creek. I still want to know what chemicals. Some claim toxicity is the big problem but none will say what chemicals they're supposedly using. I mean come on, the gas they want to remove is highly toxic. Tom B. (LongLine)

Seems to me that a couple months ago we felt a minor earthquake that was way south of here & the geologists said we felt it because the bed rock was so hard. (????) BTW Lake Ontario is a "glacial basin" & receives the great majority of its water from surface runoff. Tom B. (LongLine)

Congratulations. Definitely a keeper. Hope mama is doing well. Tom B. (LongLine)

Back at ya Cornelis. It may have hit 40 here today but I doubt it. Warm spell coming tomorrow with less than 1 ft'rs. Tom B. (LongLine)

I used to only run Maxima till it got scarce & expensive around Rochester. I switched to P-Line & haven't looked back. Lots less stretch. Tom B. (LongLine)

DFG - Nice one. Welcome to the board. Tom B. (LongLine)

Happy B'day FF. Hope you had a good one. Tom B. (LongLine)

Happy B'day Jerry. Tom B. (LongLine)

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Cornelis - That's quite a smallmouth! It's really something how the gobies have thinned them out but the suvivors have gotten BIG. Tom B. (LongLine)

Happy Turkey everyone. Tom B. (LongLine)

Just remember, she's entitled to her opinion, no matter how wrong she is. Tom B. (LongLine)

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Sorry Shawn. I lost you on the word list but you are in the puzzle. Tom B. (LongLine) (col 3, row 13, running SW)

As said above, running off the side won't cause more blowback BUT given the bow rise & fall when going across waves, you may get some cross-pully wear on your cable at the pulley. This is important when running coated cable & why it is recomended to run the coated stuff straight off the back. Tom B. (LongLine)

yup...right in the middle of things & as you said basack... Tom B. (LongLine)

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Welcome to the board. Your home "de"...is that for Germany? Not sure of your question. Are you asking why use copper rather than mono? If so, copper will give you much greater depth than mono on a flatline & has much much less stretch. Tom B. (LongLine)

Happy Birthday Bob. Tom B. (LongLine)