This years antifoul result

[Slow_boat]

Brilliant!

One coat of Cruiser Uno went on like water in May. Lifted out last week and no fouling, just a bit of slime. The anti foul came off with a pressure wash, too, which saves a build up.

Highly recommended.

The prop, which was new, got a couple of coats of grate blacking and that only had a very few barnacles.

But what is the point of boot topping? The only weed we had was on one side of the boot topping, where we have a very slight list to starboard. The weed seemed to thrive on boot topping!

 

[lustyd]

Brilliant!

One coat of Cruiser Uno went on like water in May. Lifted out last week and no fouling, just a bit of slime. The anti foul came off with a pressure wash, too, which saves a build up.

Highly recommended.

The prop, which was new, got a couple of coats of grate blacking and that only had a very few barnacles.

But what is the point of boot topping? The only weed we had was on one side of the boot topping, where we have a very slight list to starboard. The weed seemed to thrive on boot topping!

Why are you out already, it's still summer!!

 

[laika]

Why are you out already, it's still summer!!

To provide a handy tip for those of us who are about to slap on the Primocon in anticipation of a launch sometime in the next month?

 

[Ru88ell]

Why are you out already, it's still summer!!

+1 I estimate you've only been in for four months. That's barely enough time for the sea life to notice.

 

[actionoptics]

Nothing works on my boat but it's not the paint's fault. My boat sits in mud for about half the time and a film sticks to the paint and stops it working. We hauled out mid summer and the barnacles were already as big as my little finger nail. Dried out last night in Newport IOW and seen the barnacles are back in number and getting big.
Does anyone have an ideas that might work next year?

 

[blackbeard]

When I had a swinging mooring, the dinghy tender lay afloat. Occasionally, once a season or so, the dinghy got a casual lick of antifouling. Same type of antifouling as the boat.
Come the end of the season, the underside of the boat could resemble a seaweed farm. On the dinghy - almost nothing.
I don't understand it.

 

[rivonia]

Nothing works on my boat but it's not the paint's fault. My boat sits in mud for about half the time and a film sticks to the paint and stops it working. We hauled out mid summer and the barnacles were already as big as my little finger nail. Dried out last night in Newport IOW and seen the barnacles are back in number and getting big.
Does anyone have an ideas that might work next year?

Speak to the people at Copper Coat.

Peter

 

[Stemar]

Speak to the people at Copper Coat.

Peter

I did, and they don't recommend CC for drying moorings. I'd already applied it as a friend had done a pair of gin palaces and had enough left over to do my little boat. It worked for the bit of the boat that didn't sit on the mud, but was never any good between the keels, but nor was anything else I've tried.

After 3 months this year, the barnacles could have been sold as high performance render for buildings in exposed locations. The jetwash didn't faze the buggers, I had to get under there with a scraper, and took nearly as much skin off my hands as I did barnacles off the boat. I'm getting too old for that sort of lark, so I'm going to try some semi-hard antifouling next year - the triumph of hope over experience...

 

[[70521]]

I had a lovely day out yesterday... even got a bit of sunbathing in.

Boat comes out on the next set of spring tides.

 

[rivonia]

I did, and they don't recommend CC for drying moorings. I'd already applied it as a friend had done a pair of gin palaces and had enough left over to do my little boat. It worked for the bit of the boat that didn't sit on the mud, but was never any good between the keels, but nor was anything else I've tried.

After 3 months this year, the barnacles could have been sold as high performance render for buildings in exposed locations. The jetwash didn't faze the buggers, I had to get under there with a scraper, and took nearly as much skin off my hands as I did barnacles off the boat. I'm getting too old for that sort of lark, so I'm going to try some semi-hard antifouling next year - the triumph of hope over experience...

Well good luck then Steve

Peter

 

[Cantata]

I did, and they don't recommend CC for drying moorings. I'd already applied it as a friend had done a pair of gin palaces and had enough left over to do my little boat. It worked for the bit of the boat that didn't sit on the mud, but was never any good between the keels, but nor was anything else I've tried.
After 3 months this year, the barnacles could have been sold as high performance render for buildings in exposed locations. The jetwash didn't faze the buggers, I had to get under there with a scraper, and took nearly as much skin off my hands as I did barnacles off the boat. I'm getting too old for that sort of lark, so I'm going to try some semi-hard antifouling next year - the triumph of hope over experience...

You can try what you like in a mud berth, I think you'll find that every sort of antifoul ends up covered in a film on which the barnies will grow. I agree with you, I'm getting too old as well for lying beneath bilge keels on a wet beach scraping all the little s*ds off mid season.
I did some unofficial sort of testing for some people a few years back, as a result of which I could say that in the Faversham area, mud central, if anyone asks me which antifoul works best I suggest they try Seajet Coastal which is a semi-hard.
But in the same set of moorings, even different mud-berths seem to produce radically different levels of fouling, so who's to say what's best. Ideally we need something that mud won't stick to (like a liquid form of successful politician, perhaps!)

 

[paulwornell]

Re; "Nothing works on my boat but it's not the paint's fault. My boat sits in mud for about half the time and a film sticks to the paint and stops it working."

These words perhaps explain why my hull is completely barnicled 3 months after launch. I am on a drying mooring - but more silt than mud. I have noticed a sort of silty film over the antifoul in a matter of a couple of weeks after launch. Can others confirm that this film inhibits the protection of antifoul. That being the case is there any answer and should I give up on antifoul other than to make the boat look smart prior to launch?

 

[angelsson]

Nothing works on my boat but it's not the paint's fault. My boat sits in mud for about half the time and a film sticks to the paint and stops it working. We hauled out mid summer and the barnacles were already as big as my little finger nail. Dried out last night in Newport IOW and seen the barnacles are back in number and getting big.
Does anyone have an ideas that might work next year?

A liveaboard in Barcelona gave me a tip he claims gives him the cleanest 'bottom' in the Med.
He buys the cheapest antifout, what the local fishermen use, and adds liberal amounts of the hottest chilli powder you can find and stir in well.

I gave it a try the following year (also in the Med in a high foul area) and I was amazed at the results, some slime yes, but nothing like the barnacles etc I had previously. I continue to use it, the finish is slightly grainy as i dont spare the chilli.

 

[SailorBill]

Would ultrasonic antifouling be worth a try for a boat in a mud berth?

 

[pampas]

On full tide swinging mooring yes. 1/2 tide not so sure as the mud will dampen the vibrating fibre glass, thus defeating the system.

 

[VicMallows]

You can try what you like in a mud berth, I think you'll find that every sort of antifoul ends up covered in a film on which the barnies will grow. I agree with you, I'm getting too old as well for lying beneath bilge keels on a wet beach scraping all the little s*ds off mid season.

I'm on a half-tide mud mooring in Chichester Harbour. I bought some very cheap unspecified bulk A/F off ebay a good few years ago. Each coating (2 coats) has kept the hull totally clean for over 2 years each time. Sadly it's now all gone and I'm dreading next season

 

[dmmbruce]

Would ultrasonic antifouling be worth a try for a boat in a mud berth?

It worked well for me.

It is not perfect, and does not claim to be. Wood surfaces are not protected much and weed grows at the waterline.

You still need anti-fouling to avoid the sea-squirts. Ultrasonic does not affect them. However those barnacles that do attach, and some will, all come off very easily. A plastic scraper has worked fine on mine. I describe ultrasonic as scoring 8 out of 10 for me. Not perfect, but good.

Mike

 

[bert49uk]

I did, and they don't recommend CC for drying moorings. I'd already applied it as a friend had done a pair of gin palaces and had enough left over to do my little boat. It worked for the bit of the boat that didn't sit on the mud, but was never any good between the keels, but nor was anything else I've tried.

After 3 months this year, the barnacles could have been sold as high performance render for buildings in exposed locations. The jetwash didn't faze the buggers, I had to get under there with a scraper, and took nearly as much skin off my hands as I did barnacles off the boat. I'm getting too old for that sort of lark, so I'm going to try some semi-hard antifouling next year - the triumph of hope over experience...

My boat is on a drying mooring only one in harbour with CC and only one without weed!

 

[Nicholas123]

I'm in Fareham on a half tide mooring & I thought I would'nt bother with antifouling this year as in the past it varies meaning I usually have to scrub off & reapply anti-fouling about August anyway but this year the barnacle growth has been incredible.I scrubbed off in June & in July I had a thick covering of barnacles just about everywhere,never seen anything like it

 

[ParaHandy]

But what is the point of boot topping? The only weed we had was on one side of the boot topping, where we have a very slight list to starboard. The weed seemed to thrive on boot topping!

Yes, what is the point. There's a slight lightening of the (black) Uno on the side more exposed to the sun. Boot topping paint was never very rewarding ...