Antifouling for Freshwater - Lake District

[sailingjupiter]

As it says, my boat is kept in the Lakes so 100% fresh water.

I've always used Cruser Uno as that is what the boat had applied before I got it. This winter i have stripped it back to the epoxy layer so have a blank canvas.

I was going to apply 2 coats of Int Primocon and then thought about Int Bottomcoat. Thought I would go for a hard antifoul this time.

Any comments on this. Cruser Uno is around £80 and I have found Bottomcoat at £30 so you can see my thinking.

Most boats at our club only appear to be antifould every 10 years, so I assume anything in freshwater will work!

Want to get it right though as I don't fancy stripping the hull ever again.....

 

[Chris_d]

You could probably use dulux gloss in freshwater and just pressure wash the slime off every year, i am using Int'l bottomcoat on the Thames and for the occasional saltwater trip and it does the job.

 

[Lakesailor]

I've used Blakes Broads Antifoul on a yacht and XM PX4000 on a power boat and just did a yacht last year with Blakes Broads antifoul again.
All in Windermere. All came out slimy clean, which with a light pressure wash was enough to restore to full cleanliness.
If you use a dark colour (I did one yacht black and the powerboat dark grey) it helps as the weed needs light to grow and dark colours help cut down the light bounced around.