Just_sayin'
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15 years since last haulout.
My boats have looked close to this bad after a season?
My boats have looked close to this bad after a season?
Haslar Lightship … what antifoul? ?
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capnsensible
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Where is the vessel being lifted?
Was in Haslar when she first arrived.
Was in Haslar when she first arrived.
Just_sayin'
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She’s at Trafalgar Wharf which is opposite Port Solent.
Concerto
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I suspect it is something we are not allowed to use. Most likely to be TBT (Tributyltin), which has now been banned since 2008.
capnsensible
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Thanks. Lots of memories there!
capnsensible
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Googled. I remember it asVospers.
lustyd
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They don't use antifoul, she's been berthed next to the visitor pontoon all that time, and serving beer. The vomit of sailing students has kept the growth at bay, following nights out designed to test their seasickness response the following day...
ashtead
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Is that the same as Halmatic where a large mobo having an extension added for an Arab owner languished for a while ?
Neeves
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I'd ask the yard - you will only get answers from armchair gurus here.
Most paint companies, International, Jotun, Hempel have a premium product that can only be sold to professionals for commercial use - I don't think it contains TBT (and I'd have thought there would a hue and cry if it did - the Directors and owners of Sea Hawk went tp prison for 'recent' use of TBT). I suspect these premium pants are pretty toxic.
Sea Hawk Paints Maker Indicted Over TBT Use
Jonathan
Most paint companies, International, Jotun, Hempel have a premium product that can only be sold to professionals for commercial use - I don't think it contains TBT (and I'd have thought there would a hue and cry if it did - the Directors and owners of Sea Hawk went tp prison for 'recent' use of TBT). I suspect these premium pants are pretty toxic.
Sea Hawk Paints Maker Indicted Over TBT Use
Jonathan
rotrax
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I managed to get a 20litre Jotun Seaforce 90 lasr year and applied 2 coats in late March, including raising the bootline 5 inches.
Really happy so far, not a scrap of weed or barnacle to be seen so far. The waterline has a browny green stain which looks better than the gelcoat covered in a fringe of weed. This antifoul is meant for 90 months use on ships and commercial craft.
Despite our motorsailer being a low speed vessel it appears to be working really well.
All Jotun products can be bought over the counter in Ireland and the Isle of Man, no 'certificates' or anything else required as essential in the UK.
Perhaps the fact that Jotuns "Leisure" products are very expensive has something to do with the difficulty of obtaining their well regarded commercial products.
Really happy so far, not a scrap of weed or barnacle to be seen so far. The waterline has a browny green stain which looks better than the gelcoat covered in a fringe of weed. This antifoul is meant for 90 months use on ships and commercial craft.
Despite our motorsailer being a low speed vessel it appears to be working really well.
All Jotun products can be bought over the counter in Ireland and the Isle of Man, no 'certificates' or anything else required as essential in the UK.
Perhaps the fact that Jotuns "Leisure" products are very expensive has something to do with the difficulty of obtaining their well regarded commercial products.
