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Originally Posted by Kpt. Lehmann
No self-respecting naval officer would stand for it. (I so wanted to say... "would allow lint to remain in his belly button.")
Rust if allowed to spread, attacks the structural integrity of the boat... bit by bit.
Rust is an enemy of the boat unto itself... and the boat protects you from the vastness of the ocean.
Rust must die.
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I think you just did.
Anyway, my Dad worked at dockyards in Halifax and St. John's and yes, ships don't allow rust to build up...those that do, for example some fishing boats from the Baltic republics or Russia in the 1990s were sad sad boats. Dad said even the Captain of one ship looked poor and hungry and the vessels were actually horribly unsafe.