ST840
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Is this a thing?? I heard from somebody that they are pushed under the boat then float up. Then you pull them with an angled pole so as to clean the crud off the hull?
Floating hull brush
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R400
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I bought one , tried once , never bothered again. Might be ok on a round ish hull though.
ST840
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What was the issue with it then?
KINGFISHER 9
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I use a diver twice a year ... €180 a time, boat completely clean and a survey of a/f condition. He will also clean and do next year's a/f when ashore.
Sticky Fingers
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R400
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The floatation required to put pressure on the hull makes it hard to manipulate with the single pole aluminium handle particularly where chines and strokes are. It would probably be ok for keeping the slime off though.
Plum
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I have been using the one I made for over 8 years now allowing a scrub from the pontoon. Made from a length of jib reefing foil (from a sailboat, found in a skip) bent to a long curve with two articulated scrubbling brushes and a fender on the end. Mine is made for a round bilge hull but I am sure you could shape the pole to suit other hull shapes.
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LittleSister
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Sounds intriguing. Do you have any pics?
ST840
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Fancy making another ?
lynallbel
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I have used the Brizo one a couple of times, seeemd to work okay on a planing boat, now have small displacement boat so do not bother to much about the hull!
Not cheap Iirc 150 quid?
Edit now 230 quid!
Not cheap Iirc 150 quid?
Edit now 230 quid!
sailorman
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are you thinking of btizo
PalmaTarga
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When filling up last week, I came across a hull wash system local to me in Stockholm. They say it will take over 40 foot, and certainly seems scalable. Could be a good business for the UK!
Seastoke
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No good for shafts
Owl @ 6s and 7s
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I bought this a couple of weeks ago, and so far I have been able to try it once.
For a small boat such as ours, with a beam width of 2.8 m, the brush seemed to work quite well, so I decided to keep the thing for next season.
At first, the buoyancy of the brush (6 kg or ~60 N) took some time to get used to. I had chosen an additional supersoft brush, for which the byoyant force was a bit strong causing the bristles to bend too much for a good cleaning result. Thankfully the brush is very simple in design, so I was able to reduce the buoyancy by simply adding water to the canister.
I also installed a camera on the pole, but as the brush has to be operated with both hands, the ability to view the cleaning result in real-time seems a bit academic. Not entirely useless, though, as I was able to see the bristles bending from the first videos I took. Also, the camera might be usable for post checks using large enough screen and slow movements of the pole.
Our boat launched in June this year, and the hull was cleaned once. This was after 4 months of use, just before it was brought in for storing over winter. Below are two pictures, taken at the dock, showing some spots I missed with the brush. Overall the hull appeared quite clean, mainly thanks to the fresh antifouling paint, and the hours of use at planing speed.
I originally bought the thing for frequent use on the boat, and after my first try it seems I won't have to be that frequent, after all. Interesting to see how it performs in the future once the paint starts wearing off.
For a small boat such as ours, with a beam width of 2.8 m, the brush seemed to work quite well, so I decided to keep the thing for next season.
At first, the buoyancy of the brush (6 kg or ~60 N) took some time to get used to. I had chosen an additional supersoft brush, for which the byoyant force was a bit strong causing the bristles to bend too much for a good cleaning result. Thankfully the brush is very simple in design, so I was able to reduce the buoyancy by simply adding water to the canister.
I also installed a camera on the pole, but as the brush has to be operated with both hands, the ability to view the cleaning result in real-time seems a bit academic. Not entirely useless, though, as I was able to see the bristles bending from the first videos I took. Also, the camera might be usable for post checks using large enough screen and slow movements of the pole.
Our boat launched in June this year, and the hull was cleaned once. This was after 4 months of use, just before it was brought in for storing over winter. Below are two pictures, taken at the dock, showing some spots I missed with the brush. Overall the hull appeared quite clean, mainly thanks to the fresh antifouling paint, and the hours of use at planing speed.
I originally bought the thing for frequent use on the boat, and after my first try it seems I won't have to be that frequent, after all. Interesting to see how it performs in the future once the paint starts wearing off.
sailorman
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A brizo
sailorman
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Tgpo. A brizo
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