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The Railstar "mess management" system is a tool which allows yacht crew, contractors, and refit yards the opportunity to take responsibility for the subsequent messes produced from a variety of regularly scheduled maintenance projects aboard. We designed this more specifically for the sanding; stripping, and the delivery of product to varnished cap rails, however often hear of crews or contractors utilizing it for other projects involving hull or waterline maintenance for example.
Now after five years of infield testing and utilizing this system on countless contracts in marinas and shipyards, Stateside and in Europe, we are forever realizing different configurations of this system and with no geographic parameters re: the commercial opportunity for Railstar.
We know of no such pre existing product which in any way compares or competes with the Railstar system.
Our light weight polyethylene assembly members are reusable; strong; they float, and may prove to have as many other useful functions pertaining to mess management as the imagination permits. As a professional yacht finisher I have also learned to deliver thicker, more credible coatings without preoccupation where the overflow or drips would go. No more drips in the water or on the decks, paint, etc.!
It would be presumptuous of us to speculate on just how much mess this system could prevent from entering the waterways on a global perspective. However we believe that it would be enough to warrant this system being widely available to (and affordable for) yachts wishing to do the right thing. On one refit alone we have observed approx. 200 dry liters of shavings and dust diverted from entering the water and then disposed of accordingly in appropriate recycle facility. One day, one boat!
Hopefully there will be more "concerned" yachts and refit facilities looking to qualify their commitment to the environment.
Railstar does set an example worth following. And it is affordable!
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