Fouling, antifouling

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Came out today after 4 months on a mooring at Pin Mill. Two coats of Blakes but the boat is like a coral reef...........Any tips for an effective antifouling on the Orwell? The boat is wooden. Or should I just accept I need to scrub more frequently?

Thank you

Graham
 
gdallas said:
Came out today after 4 months on a mooring at Pin Mill. Two coats of Blakes but the boat is like a coral reef...........Any tips for an effective antifouling on the Orwell? The boat is wooden. Or should I just accept I need to scrub more frequently?

Thank you

Graham
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Joton Seaguardian works well supplier Shepard marine see their web site
 
sailorman said:
Joton Seaguardian works well supplier Shepard marine see their web site
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We also use this and have done since 1998. It is said to be OK for 3 seasons and our last haul out was two and a half years after application and launch and it was fine. Our normal time scale to reapply is every two years and it has always been good.
We may be better off when compared to a river mooring as we are marina based (so presumably have the benefit of other peoples antifoul chemicals in the water around us helping). We also have less salt than you as the marina is also fed by a freshwater brook so may have different things to repel. That said, I know folks at Wells in Norfolk who also use Seaguardian on their drying moorings and have no issues.
 
Main difference with a Pin Mill mooring will be that the boat is exposed to much more Sunlight than in a closely packed marina.

Mine was done with Blakes a year ago, spent a short time in the Nene at Wisbech then in Shotley since last Sept and she was recently lifted and had no growth at all, just a tiny amount of brown slime.
 
gdallas said:
Came out today after 4 months on a mooring at Pin Mill. Two coats of Blakes but the boat is like a coral reef...........Any tips for an effective antifouling on the Orwell? The boat is wooden. Or should I just accept I need to scrub more frequently?

Thank you

Graham
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I have found Seajet Shogun quite effective on a wooden boat on a Ward's mooring. However as it was raced regularly I used to give it a once over with a brush a couple of times a month.

There was always slime, but generally no barnacles and perhaps a little weed along the waterline. Still using it on my yacht but that is Marina based but again it is staying quite clean but I have not lifted for inspection this year.
 
Also moored at Pin Mill, using cheapo Flag cruising this year and after three months just a bit of slime. Much better than the Blakes Tiger Extra I was using before...

I think I will try the Jotun next, if I can get two years from it I'd be very happy.
 
does anyone use the XM brand , ive got a couple of tins awaiting use , which wont be till nx yr now as i aint slapping it on just to launch and move boat 30 miles and then get lifted out again .

the bottom has been scraped right back and primered tho ............
wont hurt will it ?????
 
Marina a lot easier than mooring

Thanks again to all. I do think that the mooring out on the river is inherently more friendly to the barnacles than a marina berth. I guess in the marina there is everyone else's antifouling acting in concert...But I do wonder if there is anything else?Maybe wooden bottoms are a better growing medium...
 
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