Cleaning my bottom - what tools?

[Captain Crisp]

Hi - I'm hoping to clean my bottom next week on the Brightlingsea scrubbing posts. What tools do the panel recommend? Bottom is looking very hairy... launched in May...
Thanks!
Crisp

 

[harvey38]

Clippers to start, finish with a razor and suitable non-stinging cream

 

[jwilson]

The galley fish slice is traditional .... Just don't tell the cook.

 

[Captain Crisp]

OK... my fault for being puerile... but, seriously, what do I use to get the weed off?

 

[V1701]

A not too sharp paint scraper, scotchbrite pads...

 

[Poecheng]

Give Garry Hum (Brightlingsea Boat Maintenance, in the Shipyard) a ring and see if he will come down and blast it off - I think he used to do that but not been that way for a while.
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[johnalison]

I have a telescopic pole that takes assorted grades of 'scotch pads'. If you want to borrow it and the pads give me a PM as I am in the area.

 

[Martin_J]

I used to find the easiest way to do it was to jump in and scrub around the receding waterline as the tide dropped.

By the time you've gone around the boat once, the tide will have dropped another few inches.

By the time the water is just around your ankles the boat will be clean.

Use something like a big pan scrub (handle not needed). Doing it this way also saves trying to get water later to wash bits down that are by now already dry and hard.




Last time I did it there was an elderly couple in the next set of piles. We went around their waterline as the tide dropped as well... and we were invited to drinks on board with them later as a thank you!

 

[Martin_J]

And by scubbing as the tide goes out... by the time the tide is out, the hull might be dry enough for a spot of antifouling.. or just go for a rest.

 

[rogerthebodger]

I use a pressure washer to remove most of the fouling and a blunted scraper to remover and hoar fouling

 

[B27]

I have three tools on sticks:
A plastic scraper
A flat bit of wood covered in astroturf, with a layer of close cell foam camping mat in between
A couple of wet'n'dry sanding sponges on a flat bit of wood.

Other scrapers may be needed for barnacles.

 

[BobnLesley]

Hi - I'm hoping to clean my bottom next week on the Brightlingsea scrubbing posts. What tools do the panel recommend? Bottom is looking very hairy... launched in May...
Thanks!
Crisp

As with the anti-fouling, a Gentleman should allow his lady wife to select for herself what tools she'd prefer to use.

 

[jwilson]

OK... my fault for being puerile... but, seriously, what do I use to get the weed off?

Seriously, a fish slice is really quite good. As it is designed to go into pans, it is not as sharp-corner-edged as most paint scrapers. Or use a paint scraper but file/grind round the sharp corners a bit. All this assumes you can't use a pressure washer which is the modern option (and much more efficient).

The various "plastic scrubbie pads" are fine until you get much weed: then they clog up and you spend more time cleaning them than scrubbing.

 

[davidej]

A car windscreen scraper is quite good - especially if you cable tie it to a pole.

 

[peteK]

A garden hoe is what I use to get the worse off.

 

[VicS]

A garden hoe is what I use to get the worse off.

Dutch hoe not one of these

 

[billyfish]

How about a ....scrubbing brush. Works for me

 

[Martin_J]

And I guess you need to remember to take a ladder should you wish to get back on board.

Just looked up some detail on the posts... The harbour commission really does go into some good detail.

https://www.brightlingseaharbour.or...1_Maintenance_Posts_Code_of_Practice_2018.pdf

 

[Captain Crisp]

Many thanks all! Hugely helpful!

 

[Chiara’s slave]

How about a ....scrubbing brush. Works for me

I swim under the boat with a brush, tied to me in case I drop it. If we’re going racing, I follow that up with a green nylon pan scourer.