Antifoul for rib

[pessimist]

Have just agreed the purchase of a rib to replace our elderly dory as a tender. The rib will be kept afloat and will, therefore, need antifouling. As a tender it will spend most of its life in its berth and will be subject to a 6 knot speed limit within the Dart. I hope that we will use it for the occasional 'jolly' outside when it should travel considerably faster that 6 knots.

So, the question - hard racing or self eroding.

Thanks for any replies.

Colin

 

[KAL]

I'd plump for self eroding unless you plan to have lots of 'jollies'. We put cruising performer on our dory (also afloat in Dart, drying each tide) and it works a treat. A few coats should withstand the odd jolly, but you can always reassess the situation after year one.

 

[TQA]

Special af available for the tubes. Don't know what happens if use the ordinary stuff.

 

[VicS]

If its going on the tubes use the paint appropriate for the material the dinghy is made from

See http://polymarineshop.com/index.php/flexible-paint/flexible-pvc-paint/pvc-antifoul-paint-sp54.html. for PVC boats

and http://polymarineshop.com/index.php...palon-paints/hypalon-antifoul-paint-sp54.html for Hypalon boats

 

[pessimist]

Thanks everybody.