In the Marine Environment. Photography and Text by Keith R WahlSelect Image or Title to See in a Larger Format At the opening of the summer boating season, the boats are starting to fill into the mooring area. Near that area are a series of spiles with pulleys and lines. These are the dinghies and tenders that will service the moored boats. On these spiles is a symbol of the marine environs. A single galvanized cleat mounted on a spile. This is to tie off the small boat tenders. The cleat is not is not a proper mount as it only has a single bolt with a washer. It shows some dissimilar metals as there is electrolytic action present. When materials are not compatible in a salt water environment, an anode and cathode form. The anode becomes sacrificial (as in a battery) and wastage occurs. In this case, it is not great, but it will be over time. For today, this cleat is enough though. Soon it will have a line wrapped in a figure eight and half hitch. And the summer season will be underway.
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