Idle thought

[Twister_Ken]

As antifouling is such a drag - lift boat, scrape hull, fair in the dodgy bits, antifoul, boat back in, aching back, sore wallet - why doesn't some smartarse boat designer design a boat that works better with limpets and seaweed attached?

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[duncan]

or at least one that is not significantly affected in the performance stakes?

(????????struggles to think of examples that won't get him lynched!)

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[extravert]

Reply from idle person

Have you ever seen a limpet with other limpets and seaweed attached? Why not design a boat to resemble a giant limpet and sail that?

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[AndrewB]

Limpets

At low water last weekend I noticed what a brilliant job the limpets do of keeping the harbour wall free from weed, slime, barnacles etc. Great bare patches, easily the size of the underwater area of my yacht, where a group of no more than twenty are browsing. They seem to prefer smooth areas.

Do you think some genius could GM an aerodynamic limpet for yacht use? Or for the anti-GM'ers, train them to crawl above the waterline Friday evenings prior to the weekend outing?

 

[ChrisE]

Re: Limpets

The limpets use Jimi's underwater scrubbing device then they'd do the job quicker.

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[chas]

Mackerel never seem to have barnacles or limpets on them so why not skin enough of them and stick their skins on instead of antifoul?

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[mickshep]

Wasn't someone trying to develope an anti-foul based on the chemicals in fish skin? Or was it an ultra slippery smooth coating that stopped the fouling getting a decent grip? Mike.

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[kateoreally]

Neever dae patatties! Paddy is for wiping the Corribbee doon wif ra pattie juice, ah'm for drinkin' it , after a wee whilie. Hae anybody seen my clothes pole, the leprecorns seem tae hae speereeted it awa'

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[global_odyssey]

Why not attached a couple of lampreys? - they scare off the barnacles, eat the weed and if you attach them to your bonding system you will not need to by expensive anodes!

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[claymore]

Is Paddy from Ballymena because that might be your problem as you can always tell a ballymena man but you can't tell him much

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[kateoreally]

No, Paddy's from Oireland, ye tic mustard!

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