"HarryK" wrote in message
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On 12/14/10 1:31 PM, Wilbur Hubbard wrote:
I had my fine, blue water sailing yacht hauled last week and applied
three
gallons on Trinidad Pro bottom paint. It amounts to six coats on the
high-wear areas along the LWL, rudder and keel and four coats everywhere
else.


Here are a few photos that show the very clean and ultra-fast underwater
design.


http://www.badongo.com/pic/11238469

http://www.badongo.com/pic/11238471

http://www.badongo.com/pic/11238475


After viewing the photos, even you Brit ******s will understand how no
boat
with a similar LWL (23-feet) can expect to keep up with 'Cut the
Mustard'.
You lazy sailors with your big diesels and big props dragging through the
water lack a knot or two compared to my real sailboat configuration. I
sailed back to my mooring in the company of a 1975, Dufour 30 - the one
with
the five-foot draft and racy bulb keel - and I put her hull down in an
hour
under working sail in 12-15 knots of wind on a reach. And the Dufour is
supposed to be a fast boat.

P.S. A special note to Capt. Joe of "Red Cloud" infamy. Where's the
photos
of "Red Cloud's" new bottom paint? LOL!


Wilbur Hubbard



Nice outboard. Is it painted those gaudy colors, too?



It's a single-cylinder, 6-HP Tohatsu SailPro, 25" shaft of which I am
well-pleased. Plenty of power to drive the yacht to hull speed and sips fuel
in the process. Weight = 60 pounds. Factory color of dark blue.

I prefer 'bright' over 'gaudy'. The blue stripe atop the rubbing strake has
faded over the last couple of years and has become too light. I intend to
paint it again as soon as weather permits to a darker blue to match the
center blue stripe on the boot stripe tape.

Wilbur Hubbard