"Scott Vernon" wrote:
I had VC-17 on the Mac, the stuff is very thin. Last year I removed the
bottom paint (ablative) from the Seidelmann, after scraping the big
chunks,
I sanded using a good orbital with a hose attached to a big shop vac. Very
little dust. Wear a good respirator.

Make sure you start and stop the sander while it's pressed flat on the
bottom so you don't get gouge marks.
My boss reccommends Pettit Trinidad or Woolsey Neptune for Florida bottoms,
by the way:^)

Seahag