Antifoul - Bucking the trend

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Laundryman

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after 5 years of sailing, i have still not applied a dollup of antifoul. My first boat i kept for 2 years, had a lift and scrub every 6 months. This boat 3 years and similar lift and scrub every 6 months. I leave the boat in all year round. First boat on the east coast and current boat in Gosport. Have i just been lucky.. Admittedly, i'm no racer. I just like to mess about on the water. Ive got away with it for 5 years. How much longer do you think i can keep going? Thanks Alan
 
Laundryman said:
after 5 years of sailing, i have still not applied a dollup of antifoul. My first boat i kept for 2 years, had a lift and scrub every 6 months. This boat 3 years and similar lift and scrub every 6 months. I leave the boat in all year round. First boat on the east coast and current boat in Gosport. Have i just been lucky.. Admittedly, i'm no racer. I just like to mess about on the water. Ive got away with it for 5 years. How much longer do you think i can keep going? Thanks Alan
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Use Jotun Antifoul and you can leave the boat in the water for up to 5 years, saving your cost of lift out every six months!
 
I think this is the way to go-I am going to buy a petrol powered pressure washer (will suck in water to power the spray) and give it a spray off at the start and mid season.
 
Laundryman said:
after 5 years of sailing, i have still not applied a dollup of antifoul. My first boat i kept for 2 years, had a lift and scrub every 6 months. This boat 3 years and similar lift and scrub every 6 months. I leave the boat in all year round. First boat on the east coast and current boat in Gosport. Have i just been lucky.. Admittedly, i'm no racer. I just like to mess about on the water. Ive got away with it for 5 years. How much longer do you think i can keep going? Thanks Alan
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Now you have gone public, I suspect your hard work will start next season.:p
 
anti-foul free

I too have been anti-foul free for four years now

bilge keels mean that scraping is dead easy

I reckon that it is quicker and cheaper to make with the scrubbing brush occassionally

it is better for me and better for the environment

d
 
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A ha! More converts! I have a 27ft bilge keeler that I have not antifouled for at least 12 years. Launch with a clean bottom, dry out again in early summer and scrub off with the back of a broom, pressure wash at lift out time. But be warned - the scrubbing off with a broom can take up to an hour and you may need to buy a new broom every fifth year

Yes at lift out there are some barnacles. Big deal. Maybe I lose a bit of speed but if I wanted to get there faster I'd go over to the dark side and get a mobo.
 
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richardabeattie said:
A ha! More converts! I have a 27ft bilge keeler that I have not antifouled for at least 12 years. Launch with a clean bottom, dry out again in early summer and scrub off with the back of a broom, pressure wash at lift out time. But be warned - the scrubbing off with a broom can take up to an hour and you may need to buy a new broom every fifth year

Yes at lift out there are some barnacles. Big deal. Maybe I lose a bit of speed but if I wanted to get there faster I'd go over to the dark side and get a mobo.
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Dylan

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dulcibella said:
Much depends on the level of fouling in the place where the boat is moored.
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there are lots of people who apply anti-foul where they do not need it

I used to be prone to the idea that painting poison on the bottom of the hull was the natural way of preparing the boat for the water

and there is certainly a degree of satisfaction to be had from standing back from the boat to see a nice clean freshly painted hull

I think that old anti-foul offers a great surface for marine beasties to grow on

the slightly chalky surface offers great grip and is harder to scrub

by the time I sold the slug some parts of the hull were back to the old gel coat - smooth and clean and the greenstuff did not stick to it whereas there was much more fouling on the old ant-fouled areas

don't knock it until you try it

our ancestors used things called scrubbing posts - a great idea


Dylan
 
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I was also advised to use Udder Cream by a Dutchman, he puts it on his prop also - quite widely used over their apparently :)

Can be got from any agricutural sundries supplier.
 
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