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We are heading to Suriname which is relatively safe in South America. From there to Caribbean in winter. We don't care much that something can be stolen (don't have much on the boat, we sail only few months every year, no living on board). Our boat's length is 8m (small, easy to access even...

Also, all embassies (like US, British, Canada) have a green light for the Cape Verde (they only mention that Praia is more risky). Thus, I wonder why so many comments about robberies in the Navily (where I usually look for information about anchorages). Probably these are no fake and...

Thank you for all the answers. All that looks pretty different than the recent comments in the Navily App. I was several times in a "no go" country and always nothing happened (just by looking like a backpacker, not a wealthy tourist). Regarding gas poisoning, this comment made me a bit...

Thank you for the answers. In fact, comments for the marina in the Navily are not so bad as in case of the anchorage. They say only about "bumpy" conditions there, but we have been in such places and have very oversized fenders for such occasions. Probably we will take all important...

Dear All, we are a sailing family (only two adult crew members, thus many times we leave our boat unattended). This summer we plan to cross the Atlantic (to South America). We consider to stop for a few days in Mindelo. From the Navily it seems like there is 90% probability of being robbed when...

In my case, the failure time was zero, just "out of box".

The Coppercoat recommended, the West System advertises best ever barrier using their product, both are extremally expensive... but show you cost advantage over 10+ years. Not including your work or shipyard. No special precautions or risks mentioned... And already 3 complete failures since...

Before we bought the boat, it was also stored in the shipyard, but don't know for how long. If it should work, is there a better, reasonable way of drying an old boat than 7 years, 10 months in the shipyard? When I have asked the Coppercoat about using barrier coat (according to their web...

In the one of the pictures (beginning of the thread) you can see how it was peeled off. White spots is the original gelcoat. Gray is the bare fiberglass (under the dust). As you can see, it is 70-80% bare GRP under the coat. It is because the original gelcoat was thin and we wanted really to get...

Probably the Coppercoat guys like when their product peels off before 10 years and it is someone else's fault :unsure::confused:

Back to the technical discussion, Linea mentions solvent based products possibly incompatible with bare GRP (they share knowledge which they got in the same situation). Covering bare GRP will be my case. Are there any solvent based products risks?

Linnea Sailing says that the Coppercoat knew the situation. And still recommended the West barrier when I have asked them :/ It is not funny when you are super happy after a month of hard work, that you have this "barrier for years", and you peel it off with the masking tape. And someone who...

I have found this story. Another two West barrier failures with waisted Coppercoat on top. Linnea Sailing - West System barrier coat failure and what we learned I have got the West barrier recommendation from the Coppercoat actually.

Now I would need to scratch everything just to know where exactly there is no adhesion, i.e. do everything again. Also, buy the Coppercoat again... As it is, I may have water anywhere under the coat after some time. And the osmosis will just show where I need to do the repair. It should't...

I remember now, when looking for appropriate products 6 months ago (and contacting the manufacturers/distributors), the decision to use a solvent-free option was because of possible problems with solvents mentioned, mainly longer time to wait before applying the Coppercoat (after the barrier)...