On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:45:00 -0500, Hanz
wrote:

What is the current (?) item to put on props to keep barnacles off??


Hanz

There was an article in the trawler yacht magazine (forgot the name) a
year or so ago about an International (I believe) product made to coat
props. Essentially you remove the prop, bring it to a specified
surface finish and clean it surgically clean and then prime and paint
it. It did not sound like a trivial operation, however the owner
showed pictures of the propeller, still installed on the boat, after a
season of use. It was essentially clean.

There is one point, that the writer didn't belabor. The boat was used
a lot. The owner was the editor of the mag. and nearly every issue
included an account of him participating in some cruise, or another.

People who use their boat daily seldom have to clean the propeller.

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)

Prop Speed - two part installation, basically yellow in color, very
expensive, lasts several years. Just now having to clean ours.

Primer bonds to the prop, and the slippery stuff to the primer. Essentially
it's so slippery the critters, if they ever get hold, get slung off.

I'll do it again whenever we haul - but that, at our current rate of paint
ablation, prolly won't be for another couple years, and with any luck, down
island where it might be cheaper...

L8R

Skip and Lydia, still in the Bahamas

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