MagicalArmchair
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Rather unimaginatively named the WaterLine (does what it says on the tin I suppose!)
New offering from Scrubbis - FYI
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CLB
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So it's a bit like a brush then 
wizard
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MagicalArmchair
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But posher and more expensive
For shame! Its an expensive, posh, brush with a washing up scouring pad gaffa taped to it... your life will be forever changed...
I still might get one, I'm a sucker for a gadget and, err, well, marketing... I did end up loving the Scrubbis after trying to fathom bodging something up from coke bottles and stuff from swimming pool cleaning companies...
Yngmar
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While I see some possible uses for the original Scrubbis contraption, this is just silly. Firstly, a standard deck scrubber does the job just fine (done mine this week, as the weather is finally conducive for some outside jobs). And secondly, if you must abrade your gelcoat rather brutally (with the green Scotchbrite side of the sponge), you should always polish it, as the now rough gelcoat will foul up rapidly. If you can't, then don't abrade it.
ghostlymoron
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Fortunately, I dry out twice a day so can walk round with my washing up pad if I'm so minded.
KINGFISHER 9
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Did our waterline yesterday ... from the deck I pulled the memsahib round the boat (40ft) in the dinghy as she scrubbed with a hard hand scrubbing brush and turned over it'll knock any barnacles off ... took ten minutes, cost nothing ... well, I did have to make her a cup of tea afterwards!
colind3782
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I do that and, tbh, it's a pain in the marina as there's not too much space between the boats berthed bows or stern to. I do have a Scrubbis and the best part about it is the angled pole which gets under the boat quite well. Over the couple of years I've had it, it has probably saved me €1000 in lift out and antifoul so it's easily paid for itself. As for this waterline brush, I think and ordinary floor mop would do the trick.
KINGFISHER 9
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I'm alongside a pontoon ... only good for scrubbing half of one side though so we do the rest from the dinghy ... can't get the barnacles off the props though because of a very long swim platform and that's what slows the boat down drastically. Next season we're either going to need lifting and cleaning at least twice or use a diver.
Molteni
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Should you remove the Log paddle wheel before using the Scrubbis ? 
john_morris_uk
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Once upon a time, I was examining a yacht crew for his YM ticket and he explained that on one of his previous boats, one of his daily tasks was to swim round the boat carefully cleaning the waterline.
colind3782
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Should you remove the Log paddle wheel before using the Scrubbis ?
I've never bothered. It won't harm it.
Hydrozoan
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I have in best PBO tradition a bespoke brush device using a telescopic window cleaning pole, a section from a pair of lightweight crutches, surplus after a skiing injury, and – coke bottle forsooth! – a section of waste pipe with O-ringed end closures which poshly allow buoyancy adjustment.
When I think of all the telescopic devices - e.g. window cleaners, paint rollers, fire alarm testers, averuncators, fruit pickers and boat brushers - I am almost convinced that I should design a new multi-tool range. :ambivalence:
