Anti Fouling a Trailer Sailor

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yachtorion

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What's the best thing to do with a trailer sailor for anti-fouling? Is it needed at all?

Presumably Cruiser Uno and similar is out given the boat will be out of the water so much?
 
I suppose that would depend on how long you intend to leave the boat in the water. If you expect to use the boat for a week or two and then hoik her out then I would have thought antifoul would be unnecessary - just give her a hose and wipe after use. If she'll sit on a mooring for months because you've decided that launching/hauling out is a right faff then antifould will obviously be required.
 
fredrussell said:
I suppose that would depend on how long you intend to leave the boat in the water. If you expect to use the boat for a week or two and then hoik her out then I would have thought antifoul would be unnecessary - just give her a hose and wipe after use. If she'll sit on a mooring for months because you've decided that launching/hauling out is a right faff then antifoul will obviously be required.
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yachtorion said:
What's the best thing to do with a trailer sailor for anti-fouling? Is it needed at all?

Presumably Cruiser Uno and similar is out given the boat will be out of the water so much?
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I wouldn't use a soft (eroding) antifouling like Cruiser Uno because it's awful messy when you tale the boat out. I have Trilux 33 on my Hunter 490, though as she is in fresh water it doesn't really have any antifouling to do. I was thinking of changing to something else when I stripped it off to deal with some osmosis, but couldn't find anything else for underwater use, and anyway I had enough in stock.

My newly acquired Drascombe hams soft antifouling, which I shall have to deal with fairly soon. Yeugh.
 
Mine lives in saltwater all year round. I scraped her when I bought her, but never anti fouled her. No idea if the previous owner had. I scraped her again at low tide 9 months later, and will do it again soon.
If you get easy access to her bottom, why bother? Just scrape her down.
 
yachtorion said:
What's the best thing to do with a trailer sailor for anti-fouling? Is it needed at all?

Presumably Cruiser Uno and similar is out given the boat will be out of the water so much?
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I agree with JD not to use a soft antifouling like UNO

It almost certainly will not need antifouling at all if you are trailer sailing, unless you intend being in the water for a couple of months or more at stretch

If you do decide to antifoul, perhaps for cosmetic reasons use a hard antifouling such as Interspeed Ultra
 
steve yates said:
Mine lives in saltwater all year round. I scraped her when I bought her, but never anti fouled her. No idea if the previous owner had. I scraped her again at low tide 9 months later, and will do it again soon.
If you get easy access to her bottom, why bother? Just scrape her down.
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You don't need much fouling to severely impact the performance, 9 months you'd probably knock 2-3 knots off
 
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