Joe wrote
Myself I like to remove all bottom paint including the barrier coats.

???

Why remove perfectly good barrier coat? It's expensive stuff!

... 1
coat of Dow's Ends all Rust to stop microscopic scale, 2 fresh coats of
epoxy barrier min, applied on a very DRY(under 25% humidity) and
hopefully warm days.

Hmm, you wouold never ever see that here.


... On steel I do
not use a copper based antifoulants.


Wise move.


We are planning on pulling in may-june. The current bottomjob is 3
years old, the longest I've ever gone. Plus I have some new underwater
lighting I plan on installing on the keel, new knot meter, new forward
looking sonar and zincs, and removing old generator underwater exhaust
pipe.


What forward-looking sonar did you pick? I have been looking
at them and may buy one to put in, this spring will be our
last haul-out before going on the Loop cruise.

DSK