Urban myth or??????????

[QBhoy]

It may be true that life forms such as barnacles cannot survive in fresh water...but not can they put the water.....but we all know how difficult they are to remove in winter storage ashore...long after they are dead.

 

[Daydream believer]

Cruising the East Coast we usually have spent a week or so in fresh water during the season and it does seem to frighten the barnies
Of course I don’t know what it would be like otherwise.

Where on the east coast are you getting the fresh water?

 

[Lucky Duck]

Heybridge basin?

 

[Leighb]

Where on the east coast are you getting the fresh water?

Heybridge Basin usually, sometimes the Norfolk rivers. St Kat’s is brackish I think.

 

[ctva]

+1

I was in the Crinan canal for the best part of ten years and didn't antifoul during that time .. midweek in fresh water and salt at weekends kept the hull clean as a whistle.

I can confirm that the Crinan still provides great antifoul properties.

I only lift once every three or so years to replace an anode and slap on a token single layer of cheap antifoul. Never needed to pressure wash the underside.

 

[temptress]

We took Temptress up a river in Malaysia. All of the salt water growth died and fell off after a week or so. I dived on the boat to clear the log amd was surprised how clean the Hull was. 2 weeks back in seawater and you could see the fouling again.

 

[Lucky Duck]

Heybridge Basin usually, sometimes the Norfolk rivers. St Kat’s is brackish I think.

A stay in St Kats during the summer 2003 heatwave appeared to remove all the fouling leaving a brightly coloured antifouling paint visible. Sadly subsequent visits didn't produce the same result.

I expect Limehouse will be freshwater given the basin is fed by the River Lee and they don't operate 'free flow' at the lock

 

[Daydream believer]

do any east proper east coast sailors actually go in the Norfolk rivers. apart from depth being a problem I would have thought it was a mobo territory.

 

[Momac]

do any east proper east coast sailors actually go in the Norfolk rivers. apart from depth being a problem I would have thought it was a mobo territory.

Are Mobo owners not allowed on this section of the ybw forums ?

 

[Daydream believer]

certainly not. they have their own forum ___??