Copper coat performance on east coast, info pls

[sailorman]

just thinking ahead, looking@ time/ labour saving ideas, the added epoxy coat is appealing to me & must help the hull protection, i still hope to acquire a nice benny antaries760 in the future, if it goes to plan & needs a name change , i thought" Caprice" would be appropriate in my situation, comments on a postcard

 

[Plum]

just thinking ahead, looking@ time/ labour saving ideas, the added epoxy coat is appealing to me & must help the hull protection, i still hope to acquire a nice benny antaries760 in the future, if it goes to plan & needs a name change , i thought" Caprice" would be appropriate in my situation, comments on a postcard

Good to see you are refining your plans. Can't answer your specific question but keep my 760 on the Crouch and for me the bigger issue is keeping the prop clean and leave it bare. I have not seen any clear evidence on an effective prop antifouling so I dry out on the scrubbing posts 3 times each year (in the warmer weather, nothing much grows over winter) to clean the prop. The prop anode on the 760 only lasts 4 months anyway. What does work for me is International Micron 350 antifouling on the hull. For the last 6 and a bit years I have only antifouled every 2 years and other than a week for antifouling she stays in the water all year. While cleaning the prop I give the bottom a scrub with a soft brush (definitely not a pressure washer). Drying out on the posts is not hard work and I get 5 hours on a tide so no rush. I save the in-between liftout and antifoul. I have not heard anyone say they get 2 years from Coppercoat without a scrub..... so for me, I would dry out for a tide 3 times per year anyway and would probably have to be listed out every 2 years anyway for other maintenance jobs so 2 coats of antifouling every 2 years is not so bad..

 

[MikeBz]

I know 3 people with Coppercoat at Brightlingsea, all very happy with it. It’s no better than conventional antifoul at resisting fouling but you can scrub/jetwash as many times as you like without losing its effectiveness, unlike eroding antifoul which often loses effectiveness after a scrub.

Our prop was treated with a fouling release product by the previous owner, it works really well. I don’t know which product it is - it’s a golden yellow colour (the primer) with a clear rubbery-feel topcoat but that doesn’t seem to narrow it down.

 

[dansaskip]

I have copper coat on my boat and whist it does not stop fouling it is at least easy to scrub off. Whilst it is expensive to have applied it probable works out cheaper in the long run over buying and applying ordinary antifoul over the years.
As for the prop I use Velux which I have found to the best for that.

 

[mrming]

Another point in Coppercoat’s favour is that it’s easier to get the hull to a good finish, paint once and then maintain that finish, rather than gradually ending up with layer upon layer of antifoul. I had it on my last boat, on a swinging mooring on the Medway. As others have said, the anti fouling properties weren’t stellar, but it was easy to jet wash the fouling off.

 

[yerffoeg]

I'm based at Tollesbury and was disappointed with coppercoat after the first couple of seasons, despite abraiding the surface.

This year had Silic One applied - the result this season has been exceptionally good!

 

[potentillaCO32]

I am based at essex marina on the crouch. Coppercoat on the hull of mgc27. Normal antifoul on the metal swing keel. So a very good comparison.

Both seem identically good or bad. If the boat left for a few weeks over summer then an identical beard on both.

A scrubbis works well on the coppercoat. For me the best thing is it goes back to epoxy smooth after a jetwash.