Coppercoat

[pessimist]

Hauled out at the weekend after fifteen months in the water. This is the first haul out after the application of Coppercoat and I'm impressed. The boat was barely used last year and has (so far /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif) had little use this season. There was no shell fouling, very little slime but some patches of weed fouling. In general I would guess that there was less fouling than in previous years when we had used top of the range conventional anti fouling. As an added bonus the chap who pressure washed her reckoned the fouling was easier to remove than that found on a conventionally antifouled hull - it took him about 30 minutes for a 41 foot hull.

There are some pictures here

All the usual disclaimers apply - I have no association with the manufacturer or supplier of the product other than as a (so far) satisfied user.

 

[ccscott49]

Looks pretty good! The weed certainly comes off easy, if she had been used more, then there priobably wouldnt even be that much on her. I'm beggining to think it might be for me, but bloody expensive for a boat my size. I tend to get my antifouling from dubious sources, IE cheap!!

 

[Fr J Hackett]

Interesting, the amount of weed seems significant, what area are you in? I was thinking of using one of the copper based antifouls but after trying sheet copper on my wind vane auxillary rudder and seeing similar amounts of weed I have decided against. I am not interested in how easy it is to get off but in stopping it getting on in the first place, Oh for TBT. Over the years I have tried using alternating colours of antifoul and never really seen the previous colour come through, my most recent experiment is to see how long a coat of antifoul really lasts. This will be the third year in the water after scrubbing of in spring 84 and this year. Honestly all there was, was slime easily removed by brush but I did notice the previous coat of antifoul from 2 years ago. I will dry out mid summer and inspect because I think 2 to 3 years is all that you can get per application but it still leaves some of the carrier attatched to the boat. Anyone got any ideas because this winter its all comming off and something has got to go on in its place.

 

[pessimist]

Cost us about 3K professionally applied, including a winter in a climate controlled shed. If it lasts as long as is claimed I reckon I'll be in pocket over its lifetime, plus no more antifuling!

 

[pessimist]

We're in Dartmouth - fairly high fouling area. I think as ccscott49 says there would have been very little fouling had we had the chance to use the boat more. I hope to remedy this this year /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif. Will report back in twelve months time!

I agree - oh for TBT.

 

[[2574]]

does pressure washing damage the coppercoat? I know that ordinary a/f is knackered after a pressure wash so I'd worry if it blasted away more than 10% of my £3k each lift. I must admit that I was surprised by the weed in your photo's - I'd expected it to be much cleaner; but then I've never left a boat in for >12months.

 

[pessimist]

Since its an epoxy based formulation I'd be surprised and upset if much were removed by pressure washing. I have heard that its necessary to abrade the surface after some (unspecified) time to re-activate the surface. I shall have to wait and see.

 

[simonfraser]

if my boat looked like that after being anti-fouled i would change brands

 

[AOWYN]

What brand do you use?

 

[BrendanS]

After 15 months in the water with little use. Most boats look worse than that after 4 or 5 months on south coast

 

[simonfraser]

seajet, excelent product, minimal barnacles on 1/2 mooring