Time for a haulout ?
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mjcoon
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Probably not even vegan!
Concerto
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This was a boat I spied in Carrickfergus earlier this year. Similar problem.
LONG_KEELER
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Illegal cannabis farm ?
TSB240
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Park it in a freshwater marina and it will all fall off in a few weeks. No need for pressure washers or scrapers.
KevinV
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I just want to know what anti-fouling he used - so I can avoid it!
ridgy
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It probably worked a treat when it was put on, 7 years ago.
The Q
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it was quite traditional for a wherry that spent it's time in the fresh water areas of the broads to go down to near the sea every so often to keep their bottoms clean..
This year we had a very strong salt surge up into the broads, the salt surge was 100% at 14 miles up river, and still fairly salt 20 miles up river.. I bet quite a few boat owners had a surprisingly low fouling when they pulled out this year.
Daydream believer
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Coppercoat?
Neeves
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In some parts of the world fresh water is very expensive - anti fouling and the occasional swim with scraper might be cheaper.
Jonathan
Stemar
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That reminds me of my first winter with Jissel. We bought her in May and she was launched, We then used her all summer and she spent the winter on her mooring. When I went to move her the next spring I barely had steerage way. "Yikes - better get her scrubbed off quick before some idiot declares that lot a site of special scientific interest!"
johnalison
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It doesn’t look much worse than my boat after this year’s hot summer. 
Daydream believer
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From what I heard, it looks like your boat when you have just finished antifoulling it ? ? ? ?
adamstjohn
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Weirdly we have had virtually no fouling this year,-around the corner from you in suffolk, river orwell near the bridge -to be honest.It doesn’t look much worse than my boat after this year’s hot summer.
We didnt go in till june as were painting the deck but came out last week and really really clean. Bizzare as we are normally absolutely covered in foul, growth and barnacles.
We did, for the first time, splash out on some expensive ( for us) antifoul and did 2 generous coats, with no scrub off in between launch and lift out either. happy days.
there doesnt seem to be any rhyme or reason .
Malabarista
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Sybarite
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Mine too. We even found 4 eels on the ground under the boat.It doesn’t look much worse than my boat after this year’s hot summer.
LONG_KEELER
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Time for a haulout ?
Just wondering how long in the water were you .
Looks like you sit in the mud a lot.
Malabarista
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Ok. You caught me out! These photos were taken after BC had been sitting on a trot mooring in the Hamble for ‘several years’ when we first bought her. The coppercoat was around ten years old at this point. Now we are slurping around in the mud most of the time there is very little ( if any) growth at all. Although we did have a mouse on board recently if that counts ?
Graham376
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Boat on mooring near us hadn't moved for several years and they needed diver to clear prop and rudder before motoring to the yard where they removed estimated 400kg of weed and mussels.
sailaboutvic
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The first winter we spend in Licata Sicily I think it was 2013 come spring some boats couldn't move from there berth and had to be towed to the yard for fouling ,
We was CC and other then our prop we had hardly nothing .
We was in Licata last winter and since they shut the fish farm the fouling was much less .
We was CC and other then our prop we had hardly nothing .
We was in Licata last winter and since they shut the fish farm the fouling was much less .
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