Bouba
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After eight years and eight coats of antifoul (always the same brand).....when does the panel recommend scraping back to gel coat ?....on a 34 foot semi displacement in the Mediterranean
When it’s out the water .After eight years and eight coats of antifoul (always the same brand).....when does the panel recommend scraping back to gel coat ?....on a 34 foot semi displacement in the Mediterranean
NeverAfter eight years and eight coats of antifoul (always the same brand).....when does the panel recommend scraping back to gel coat ?....on a 34 foot semi displacement in the Mediterranean
If I had to guess, I would say it’s hard antifoulIf its soft antifoul try sanding mesh used wet on a sanding plate on a pole.
It made the job of preparing the old antifoul repetitively easy and not too messy .
I would't know how well this would work on hard antifoul.
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So….are you saying I should wait for another 36 yearsPrincess 33 built circa 1980
Had one powered by a pair 145 HP 40A on VP 280T outdrives, basically the Vp 270 with added problems designed in .
It struggled to do 15/16 knots when we bought it and still struggled to do 15/16 knots after we added 6 years worth of added antifoul, the proper deadly commercial stuff as thick as tar.
The alleged top speed from new according to MBM report was 17 to 18 knots and probably done with a cup full of water and a whiff of fuel in the tank and almost certainly no junk on board.
Going to guess that none of the legion of previous owners had felt the need to remove A/F to go back to gelcoat.
Suspect that it will still being doing 15/16 knots today.
So with 44 years worth of A/F and bottom rougher than a cheesegrater it has only lost 2 knots.
Anybody going to spend a couple of K to get back those 2 knots ?
Do you know how long he leaves it between shot blasts ?Chap at my marina had his boat taken out at Cannes and they shot blasted off the old fouling.
This was literally the first time he had ever had it done. (last year). He had the boat new in 2014.Do you know how long he leaves it between shot blasts ?
Ok...ten years...I can live with thatThis was literally the first time he had ever had it done. (last year). He had the boat new in 2014.
I’ve asked before but none of my local yards want to know about CoppercoatAlthough it does not work there is a lot to be said for coppercoat.
launch the boat clean at the start of the season. have it slipped & washed mid season
laid up at the end of October with a jet wash Then it just needs a clean to the prop & drive etc
A light abrade every couple of years
Better than all that work & once the initial cost has been made it is no dearer in the long run than expensive AF.
Pity it does not work as it is supposed to though
I have had it done twice & done it myself both times/ I also did my last boat myself. A clinker wooden boat sheathed in the west system which I added copper bot. Copper bot was a commercial failure.I’ve asked before but none of my local yards want to know about Coppercoat