On Apr 9, 8:08*am, Gogarty wrote:
We have found West Marine's El Cheapo ablative to be quite good for our
useage. Haul every two years and find no hard growth on the paint.

I have always used the hard epoxy type paint with the most copper
possible because I keep my boat in Florida in severe fouling
conditions. Normally, I go 3 years between haulouts but I scrub the
waterline a couple times a year. Haulouts are difficult around here
because facilities are very few in the Florida Big Bend and if you
figure they will charge you $1000 for hauling and painting, you might
as well use the best paint. I just had my boat done and I had to sail
200 miles to get it done so I had them use Trinidad at $280/gallon.
If I was able to do it myself every other year, I'd use the cheap West
MArine stuff.