Orwell/Deben - Antifouling that works please?

[Roach1948]

Roach has been in the water all of 7 weeks now and the Seajet 037 that I have used has proved utterly useless. I have half metre streams of weed growing from the waterline and that is with three coats on the leading edges and two heavy coats everywhere else.

Can anybody out there recommend something that ACTUALLY works on both of these two rivers, other than a manufacturer's assurance?

ohh and PS. that (expensive) Mille Drive from Blakes is useless too. Three coats on the prop and I have mini-crabs dancing all over it!

 

[sailorman]

similar 2 blakes tiger xtra thats crap 2 /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[SwedishLass]

I have yet to find anything legal that works. Have used Blakes / International / XM / Flag, all hard formulations. Best was XM but still u/s.
Others in the creek have coppercoat and similar. If you sit in the mud once coated it provides a fine seedbed and no a/f works, scrubbing 3 times a season is a minimum.

 

[Koeketiene]

Applied Hempel Hard in May - boat used pretty much every week.
Minimal growth - apart from a small patch we seem to have missed.

Paid £20/ltr.

 

[pyrojames]

Odd, I always used Blakes Tiger X and found it good for a year. Mooring on the river, not in a marina though.

 

[ditchcrawler]

I have tried Seajet & what was Tiger antifouling & now use the cheap stuff(XM 3000) which is no worse but no better either.I buy it on line from Marinestore when they do their Xmas discount offer

 

[bendyone]

I used Seajet with 1.5kg of hot chilli powder added, so far it has worked well in Calais - much less growth than last year.

 

[MrCramp]

I reckon the Deben is the worst river on the East Coast when it comes to hull growth. I have used XM in the past and it appeared to work better than most. I think you will find that the Orwell does not promote as much growth so antifoul that works there will not produce the same results on the Deben.

 

[wingdiver]

We have used Jotun Seaguardian for years in a marina berth on the Orwell and previously on a drying mooring on the North Norfolk coast. It's supposed to last three years and we recoat every two. Generally seem to get slime on the Orwell but no bad growth.

 

[Roach1948]

Well I am at Pin Mill. All tide mooring in strong current.

I have to say I disagree with the Deben being the worst River. After three weeks in the Deben, I did not have any problems, it is only now that I am on the Orwell that a rather veciforus form of long bright green grassy (but with mossy texture) is attacking me! I even see clumps of it float past, and is seen in clumps across the mud flats at LW.

I only wish manufacturers would do tester pots, like in a domestic paints testers, so that I could test their claims first hand without forking out a fortune.

 

[Koeketiene]

We're on a swinging mooring at SYH.

Nearly all boats on a mooring report heavy fouling this year.
The small patch we missed now looks like a mini-jungle.
Otherwise growth is minimal.

I blame the "heath wave" we had in April.
Water temperature hasn't dropped below 17.5°C since then.
Warmer water = heavier fouling.

 

[CliveG]

Used Compass Cruising Antifouling in red.
Been on the Deben since Mid April.
We have long strands of a grass type weed growing on the waterline.
Didn't paint the rudder.
Now have a major week garden on it.
Scraped it off 3 weeks ago.
Bad as before last weekend.

Drying out for a scrub next Thursday before heading of to Burnham.
Will see what is going on lower down.

 

[PeterGibbs]

It proves again, either keep your boat in a fetid marina where the water is 10% antifoul concentration 24/7, or move it frequently so the paint ablates and has a chance to do its job. Sitting on a mooring with 1kn water trickling by some of the day is not enough, by far!

And I'll stick my head out and say I don't think the brand makes much difference! Well, it didn't for me!

PWG

 

[Leighb]

I am on a swinging mooring on Orwell near No6 buoy.
Seajet Shogun has been pretty good lfor the ast 3 seasons.
Admittedly as I race I do scrub quite regularly, but there is usually only a small amount of slime.
Previously tried Optima, had horrendous growth by end of season.

 

[davidwf]

I'm in Woolverstone and used Micron, no growth just a bit of slime been in since March.

 

[briangilbert]

I am on the Orwell on a swinging mooring near the bridge I use any one of the cheaper antifoulings with about 0.5Kg of extra strong chilli powder mixed in this has worked well for two seasons the main problem I have still is barnacles on the prop any ideas on this
the bad newss is nothing seas to work on the Deben /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

[phatcat1]

We have used XM and gave the boat a wash and scrub last weekend underneath.

No weed or barnacles, just black slime that scrubbed off.

Cento has been in the water since Febuary the 2nd.