Antifouling types

[boatmike]

Well I have finally done it. Bought a MoBo that is. Aqua-Star 33.

PEREGRINE my sailing cat is up for sale and I have yanked my last halliard and winched my last sheet.....
Now I intend to potter (a little more quickly!) over the channel, and potter (very slowly) down the French canals to the Med...

The question is this. I need to strip the anti-foul which looks as if it was painted over a badly prepared hull and is flaking. When I have done so I shall give it a few coats of epoxy. And than what?? Have to consider I may dally in fresh water in the canals, also though its 10-14 knots cruising not 7... So hard stuff?

Considered Coppercoat but decided against with all the negative reports but what anti-foul do you MoBo experts use in the main?

 

[duncan]

a lot of scrubbing ........

little of the antifouling available to leisure users has any active ingredient at all, outwith copper.

at 12 knots you are marginal as to how much and how long eroding stuff will last - but I would certainly start with that route rather than rushing to a Blakes, International etc Hard antifouling.

personally, given the work you appear to be planning, I would have thought coppercoat perfect

I will watch (this thread) with interest

 

[moonraker 36]

jotuns seaforce

 

[aquatom]

Jotun Marinostrum (self polishing) for anything in the med upto 35 knots. Blue works the best. But no scrubbing or it will all be useless afterwards!

We have been using this here in Mallorca for years an had no problems. It's the sterngear that is the problem.

I have seen some good results with Teflon antifoules aswell but thease still need to be cleaned.

 

[omega2]

Shepherdmarine.co.uk talk to malcolm Johnson, Jotun supplier

 

[moonraker 36]

Shepherdmarine.co.uk talk to malcolm Johnson, Jotun supplier

+1

 

[DougH]

It all depends just where you intend to moor the vessel in the Med and then you need local advice from people who have their boat located the the same place.

There is no one type that fixes all.

Aquatom speaks good advice for Mallorca where I find International M77 also excellant.

More info required.

 

[Nick_H]

I can't remember anyone saying they tried a particular brand of eroding antifoul and they weren't happy with it, in fact most people seem pretty pleased with their antifoul and are happy to recommend it to others, regardless of which one they use, so I reckon all eroding antifouls do the job.

As others have said, the big problem, specially in the med, is the sterngear. Fouled sterngear saps loads more power than even quite heavy hull fouling, but no-one has yet found the answer to keeping the sterngear clean, other than sending a diver down.