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Bottom painting
Practical Sailor just had a letter about boatyards not letting ppl do
their own bottom painting but still charging an arm and leg to have the yard do it. My experience is that yards do a crappy job with almost no surface preparation except for a pressure wash. The few times I have allowed a yard to do it was a waste of money as it fouled in less than 3 months. 6 years ago, I hauled my boat and sanded the bottom, applied 3 coats of hard CuO based paint (BottomKote or something like that)and suddenly had to stop sailing due to business problems. My boat sat for 4 years being used very little in a place that fouled heavily. Finally, I had her hauled to be brought to my home and was amazed to find NO fouling at all. A boat next to mine was so heavily fouled it grew oysters. I know from some past experience that my own bottomcoating job is superior to that done by the yardss but this was amazing. Did I do something right or just get lucky? |
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