Bottom Paint question
* Wilbur Hubbard wrote, On 3/25/2007 2:13 PM:
I used to ride a motorcycle. The saying back then was "Got a cheap head;
buy a cheap helmet." Jeff has a cheap boat so his major concern is
I guess you don't know much about boat value.
getting cheap bottom paint. I guess if I had an ugly catamaran that was
loaded down for cruising so it didn't perform worth a lick I probably
I seem to remember doing about 9 knots as I passed your anchorage.
That was loaded for a one year trip, with about a year on the bottom
paint.
Its true that all the cruising gear slows us down - the first Summer,
before she was loaded, we frequently got up to 12 knots or more. Now
we hardly ever see 10 knots.
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