Sybarite
Well-known member
This was brought in several years ago in France. We were told that it was to comply with European legislation. I looked but could not find any especially provisions relating to where there were fast running tides.
That's what I've been doing for quite some time now.With a bit of practice I can get the boat (Fulmar) done in an hour.Or just learn to dive with a deck brush
...It seems the EEC law its not the same for everybody....
It's not the April fool, Sealift collects the water from drains at the bottom and then it's pumped of site.
Much better than the old TBT days.
Knowing where Galadriel is getting this from, I wouldnt rely too much on it being near 1/4.
'Discharge of toxic waste' is one area that will be much more strictly controlled than it was.
What is run off from anti-foul scrub off, other than 'toxic waste'?
Laugh now if you like... As I said before: the MMO is coming.
Well if you have coper coat it is not toxic at all it is just weed.
So the process of applying epoxy (even water based) is non toxic? How about the production of the copper dust? Still non toxic?![]()
We need Elessar to confirm this, but I suspect that whilst in an uncured state epoxy would be toxic, I'm not sure about the copper, we need VicS for that. But once the copper is mixed with the cured epoxy and the boat is scrubbed, you are not washing any pigment or biocides into the sea, as you do with antifoul.
That's true. In this country we have an army of highly-paid, unproductive, tax-eating busybodies who will enthusiastically welcome any new opportunity to meddle in people's lives.
Old TBT? Isn't it still used on socking great merchant vessels.
If handled sensibly, this need not be too bad; a lot of yards already insist on scrubbing boats with special tarp's to colect the stuff - naturally there's a fee for the wonder-tarp, and presumably contaminated water will have to be kept to a minimum.
If handled badly or greedily however, this could be another license to rip off boat owners; a worrying thing is that my club, all volunteer run, has a little prat who just LOVES rules & regulations, I'm sure he sleeps in his beloved hard hat beside the club bin to guard it from having any rubbish deposited therein...
With people like this who don't sail much but love cuddling up to 'officialdom', combined with the possibly more understandable greed of companies - marinas are feeling the pinch, so a means of extra income will no doubt be siezed upon - this is yet another example where boat owners getting together to pass on info' and even help each other re. scrubbing areas which suit the rules may well come to the rescue ?
I'd think the paint companies must be studying this if they have any sense, a non-toxic means of 'neutralising' antifouling scrub-off, which may well require a new a/f ?