"Bloody Horvath" wrote in message
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Really? I never get barnacles on mine. Boat builders used to put tin
or copper on the bottom of boats to keep off the barnacles, because
barnacles wouldn't grow on those.
I'm Horvath and I approve of this post.

No, barnacles will grow on copper and tin. Metal helped against barnacles,
weed, wood rot, etc., but the real reason was to keep sea worms out of the
wood.