"The_navigator©" wrote in message
...
This all raises a serious question in my
mind as to whether ablative antifouls are that useful -maybe they are
best suited to smaller boats that never really get going fats enough to
displace the slime? Any thoughts?

Cheers MC


Many years ago i was at the yard when british steel was lifted out of the
water immediatly after her non stop round the world voyage
The bottom was covered in a wide variety of weeds and several spiecies of
barnicle.
She was about 60ft long and sailed hard... non stop.
you can draw you own conclusions from that.......