"MMC" wrote in message
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"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
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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
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Looks good Wilburrrrr!
Mine is currently a habitat for all manner of marine life. Got to get to
the yard!





Mine was beginning to get that way after ten years scrubbing. Much of the
paint was gone or very thin. While I don't mind doing a monthly scrubbing to
keep the slime off when the water is warm, I refuse to get in 50 degree
water to keep things under control. Also in the last year the barnacles were
starting to adhere along with some types of crusty coral growth. I hate
scraping barnacles and crusty stuff. It wears me out having to hold my
breath again and again and again. It was time - high time. Now it should be
good for years and years with just a light scrubbing from time to time.

Wilbur Hubbard

On Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:48:15 -0500, "Wilbur Hubbard"
wrote:

I hate
scraping barnacles and crusty stuff. It wears me out having to hold my
breath again and again and again.

You need a Hookah rig. You can build your own for $600 or so, useful
for other things also.

http://www.sailsarana.com/projects.php#hookha

I use one of these:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0001VO1Z8/

but amazon seems to be out of stock at the moment. Any small oil-free
compressor will work.

Wilbur Hubbard wrote:

"MMC" wrote in message
g.com...

Looks good Wilburrrrr!
Mine is currently a habitat for all manner of marine life. Got to get to
the yard!

Mine was beginning to get that way after ten years scrubbing. Much of the
paint was gone or very thin. While I don't mind doing a monthly scrubbing
to keep the slime off when the water is warm, I refuse to get in 50 degree
water to keep things under control. Also in the last year the barnacles
were starting to adhere along with some types of crusty coral growth. I
hate
scraping barnacles and crusty stuff. It wears me out having to hold my
breath again and again and again. It was time - high time. Now it should
be good for years and years with just a light scrubbing from time to time.

Why do you need to hold your breath to scrape barnacles?

Surely all you need to do is run her aground at high water, then wait for
low water and then half the hull will be exposed for you to do your stuff.
At the next low water make sure she leans over on the opposite side so you
can do the other half. Or wait a few weeks if you don't have time to do
both sides on two consecutive low waters, if you can live with asymmetric
performance meanwhile.

I know in your part of the world the tidal range is not very big, so you
will have to do it at springs when the range is 2ft, but I'm sure a skilled
navigator of your calibre will know what to do to avoid being neaped.