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First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Oct 2006
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Bloody Horvath wrote:
On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:19:14 GMT, "jlrogers"
wrote this crap:
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.
No barnacles will grow on copper and tin.
I agree with that.
Metal helped against barnacles,
weed, wood rot, etc., but the real reason was to keep sea worms out of the
wood.
Bottom paint is copper based to keep off barnacles. I never get any
barnacles on the bottom of my boat.
I'm Horvath and I approve of this post.
I repeat...your boat is in fresh water...there are no barnacles...only
zebra mussels...
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