"KLC Lewis" wrote in message
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"Bruce In Bangkok" wrote in message
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A friend came up with a novel solution. He talked about wrapping
tarpaulins under the boat and hosing water between the tarps and the
hull to keep a layer of fresh water on the hull. He reckoned that
would keep the barnacles from growing. I don't know that he ever tried
it though.

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

I've seen that done in the Long Beach area (SoCal) with varying degrees of
success. Seems to work best on powerboats, since they don't have the keel
and everything associated with it -- including ****ing off marina owners
for the wasting of fresh water. Even there, though, pulling the boat up
out of the water makes a whole lot more sense.



I believe there's a device that you can buy that traps sal****er in a
similar setup, and you add a small amount of bleach to do the same thing. I
recall it works with sailboats as well.

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