ANTI-FOULING GOES GREEN AND EASY
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pagoda
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Interesting , but manages to say not very much .
Having used a variety of anti-foul products over the years, the best course of action is to use your boat a lot!
A few days sailing in F5-F6 will remove most of the slime growth. Might not dislodge any mussel spats on your keel but it will help.
Having used a variety of anti-foul products over the years, the best course of action is to use your boat a lot!
A few days sailing in F5-F6 will remove most of the slime growth. Might not dislodge any mussel spats on your keel but it will help.
coopec
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Stemar
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If it'll work on a boat that spends two hours a tide sitting in Portsmouth Harbour mud, I'm in.
Currently, I don't bother, as a scrub on the club grid costs me a tenner or so, and spending £60 on antifoul might save me one of the three times a year I scrub off.
Currently, I don't bother, as a scrub on the club grid costs me a tenner or so, and spending £60 on antifoul might save me one of the three times a year I scrub off.
[70521]
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The picture of the hull looks pretty fouled. Would be interesting to see what it would look like after three months in the Exe
William_H
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As said article says nothing. Perhaps when the product is available commercially we will see if it works. I would think Geraldton would be a pretty severe fouling environment. I scrubbed my little boat yesterday in water with snorkel. It was pretty grotty by my standards. ie I think performance might have been less than ideal. However I did scrub it on Friday ie 4 days previous. I will scrub it again before Sunday race. I did antifoul in September ie 4 months ago witha cheap unknown brand of a/f which admittedly did not stick well and is very thin with frequent scrubbings. Previous years I used Jotun which was only slightly better. Anyway it is lucky I don't mind getting into the water to scrub because it needs it. So constant fight against fouling. Slime weed and barnacles.
Perhaps this is a triumph of PR over truth/reality and the journalist has simply reproduced the blurb delivered by the "inventor" No I don't hold out any hope of a new product.
ol'will
Perhaps this is a triumph of PR over truth/reality and the journalist has simply reproduced the blurb delivered by the "inventor" No I don't hold out any hope of a new product.
ol'will
Laminar Flow
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We keep our boat in fresh water over the winter, sail her over the summer in salt. Anything that grew on her in one environment, drops off in the next. Last time we did that, we didn't antifoul for four years, until, in the end, the paint was so thin that the under coating was coming through. I always check what the fishermen use and buy it, preferably, at their cooperative. Last year we used the grid at St. Malo (Bas Sablon); 20 euro, it has a captive system to make you feel all green and fuzzy inside and a power washer strong enough to chuck you across the bay if you're not careful. The Hempel environmental stuff we last put on in Holland seems to encourage growth, rather than prevent it.
