"HarryK" wrote in message ...
On 12/9/10 2:15 PM, John H wrote:
On Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:56:21 -0500, wrote:

Apparently, there have been a fairly large number of posts since
midnight, but I didn't come across any that were pleasure boat/sport
fishing related. That's really too bad.

With all the respect that's due, shouldn't your post have been labelled 'OT', or
just not made at all?

LMAO!


He did mention boats and fishing. That's more than most posters here do
these days. Therefore, he was on topic.


Your L.A. logic is spread mighty thin, eh bozo?

--
Ziggy®

On 12/9/10 3:35 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:33:07 -0500,
wrote:

On 12/9/10 2:15 PM, John H wrote:
On Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:56:21 -0500, wrote:

Apparently, there have been a fairly large number of posts since
midnight, but I didn't come across any that were pleasure boat/sport
fishing related. That's really too bad.

With all the respect that's due, shouldn't your post have been labelled 'OT', or
just not made at all?

LMAO!


He did mention boats and fishing. That's more than most posters here do
these days. Therefore, he was on topic.

And it was related to the health and well being of the group which
*should* be a topic of some concern.




Not to worry. There's only a handful of active boaters left here. Most
potential newbies who encounter the likes of Ziggy, Crotchrot, the ID
spoofers, LG, BAr, et al, who are not boaters, will simply leave because
the signal-to-noise ratio is so low. The "boys" have been asked to stop.
Even Herring has asked them to stop, but...they cannot. They won't be
happy until they are the only ones here.

Now, just to get back on topic, the bottom of my new boat is still
unpainted. The boat wasn't in the water very long this fall, and only
had a bit of grass here and there, which I removed. I told myself I'd
spend some time this winter investigating anti-fouling bottom paints.
The boat will be hauled at the end of every season, which points me in
one direction for paint, and I want black. My plan is to visit some of
the larger boat yards and see what they are using locally. Beyond that,
any recommendations?

"HarryK" wrote in message ...
On 12/9/10 3:35 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:33:07 -0500,
wrote:

On 12/9/10 2:15 PM, John H wrote:
On Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:56:21 -0500, wrote:

Apparently, there have been a fairly large number of posts since
midnight, but I didn't come across any that were pleasure boat/sport
fishing related. That's really too bad.

With all the respect that's due, shouldn't your post have been labelled 'OT', or
just not made at all?

LMAO!


He did mention boats and fishing. That's more than most posters here do
these days. Therefore, he was on topic.

And it was related to the health and well being of the group which
*should* be a topic of some concern.




Not to worry. There's only a handful of active boaters left here. Most
potential newbies who encounter the likes of Ziggy, Crotchrot, the ID
spoofers, LG, BAr, et al, who are not boaters, will simply leave because
the signal-to-noise ratio is so low. The "boys" have been asked to stop.
Even Herring has asked them to stop, but...they cannot. They won't be
happy until they are the only ones here.

Now, just to get back on topic, the bottom of my new boat is still
unpainted. The boat wasn't in the water very long this fall, and only
had a bit of grass here and there, which I removed. I told myself I'd
spend some time this winter investigating anti-fouling bottom paints.
The boat will be hauled at the end of every season, which points me in
one direction for paint, and I want black. My plan is to visit some of
the larger boat yards and see what they are using locally. Beyond that,
any recommendations?


Black is a manly color. Although blue would probably match your eyes. Red is for trawlers and sailboats. Green sucks. You could always have a custom color blended if you don't like black or blue. Oh, you might want to choose a multi season hard or semi hard paint.
Hope this helps.

Well **** for brains. You won't listen to anyone without a L.A. degree. Do you really think there is someone here you would take boating advice from? DaPlume, Paul, JPS?

--
Ziggy®

HarryK wrote:
On 12/9/10 3:35 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:33:07 -0500,
wrote:

On 12/9/10 2:15 PM, John H wrote:
On Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:56:21 -0500,
wrote:

Apparently, there have been a fairly large number of posts since
midnight, but I didn't come across any that were pleasure boat/sport
fishing related. That's really too bad.

With all the respect that's due, shouldn't your post have been
labelled 'OT', or
just not made at all?

LMAO!


He did mention boats and fishing. That's more than most posters here do
these days. Therefore, he was on topic.

And it was related to the health and well being of the group which
*should* be a topic of some concern.




Not to worry. There's only a handful of active boaters left here. Most
potential newbies who encounter the likes of Ziggy, Crotchrot, the ID
spoofers, LG, BAr, et al, who are not boaters, will simply leave
because the signal-to-noise ratio is so low. The "boys" have been
asked to stop. Even Herring has asked them to stop, but...they cannot.
They won't be happy until they are the only ones here.

Now, just to get back on topic, the bottom of my new boat is still
unpainted. The boat wasn't in the water very long this fall, and only
had a bit of grass here and there, which I removed. I told myself I'd
spend some time this winter investigating anti-fouling bottom paints.
The boat will be hauled at the end of every season, which points me in
one direction for paint, and I want black. My plan is to visit some of
the larger boat yards and see what they are using locally. Beyond
that, any recommendations?
I put more hours on my boat in a month than you do in a season, liar.

On Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:37:45 -0500, HarryK
wrote:

My plan is to visit some of
the larger boat yards and see what they are using locally. Beyond that,
any recommendations?

There are plenty of good bottom paints offered in black. I've been
using Micron Ultra with fairly good results considering that the boat
is usually in semi tropical water 12 months of the year. We typically
go 2 full years before repainting although it clearly is starting to
lose some effectiveness towards the end. It didn't seem to work that
well in the Caribbean however. We had types of fouling that I'd
never seen before and it grew incredibly quickly.

I'd ask around with some of your local boat yard managers. They
usually have a pretty good idea what works well in your area. In any
case you'll probably want to have a diver clean the bottom every month
or two. It makes a big difference in speed and fuel burn, easily
paying for itself.

http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1|10918|296162|11000|311496|368288|586729&id=73825 7

On 12/9/10 10:16 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:37:45 -0500,
wrote:

My plan is to visit some of
the larger boat yards and see what they are using locally. Beyond that,
any recommendations?

There are plenty of good bottom paints offered in black. I've been
using Micron Ultra with fairly good results considering that the boat
is usually in semi tropical water 12 months of the year. We typically
go 2 full years before repainting although it clearly is starting to
lose some effectiveness towards the end. It didn't seem to work that
well in the Caribbean however. We had types of fouling that I'd
never seen before and it grew incredibly quickly.

I'd ask around with some of your local boat yard managers. They
usually have a pretty good idea what works well in your area. In any
case you'll probably want to have a diver clean the bottom every month
or two. It makes a big difference in speed and fuel burn, easily
paying for itself.

http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1|10918|296162|11000|311496|368288|586729&id=73825 7



Thanks for the advice. I'll check out the Micron. I like this line in
the description:

"This includes warmer waters with greater land runoff and slime-causing
algae."

I don't know if we have "warmer waters," but we sure have the runoff and
algae.

On Dec 9, 10:56*am, "Paul@BYC" wrote:
Apparently, there have been a fairly large number of posts since
midnight, but I didn't come across any that were pleasure boat/sport
fishing related. That's really too bad.

Well, post something.

On 12/10/2010 6:26 AM, HarryK wrote:
On 12/9/10 10:16 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:37:45 -0500,
wrote:

My plan is to visit some of
the larger boat yards and see what they are using locally. Beyond that,
any recommendations?

There are plenty of good bottom paints offered in black. I've been
using Micron Ultra with fairly good results considering that the boat
is usually in semi tropical water 12 months of the year. We typically
go 2 full years before repainting although it clearly is starting to
lose some effectiveness towards the end. It didn't seem to work that
well in the Caribbean however. We had types of fouling that I'd
never seen before and it grew incredibly quickly.

I'd ask around with some of your local boat yard managers. They
usually have a pretty good idea what works well in your area. In any
case you'll probably want to have a diver clean the bottom every month
or two. It makes a big difference in speed and fuel burn, easily
paying for itself.

http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1|10918|296162|11000|311496|368288|586729&id=73825 7




Thanks for the advice. I'll check out the Micron. I like this line in
the description:

"This includes warmer waters with greater land runoff and slime-causing
algae."

I don't know if we have "warmer waters," but we sure have the runoff and
algae.


I use Petit Horizon in black. It is an ablative bottom coat and seems to
work pretty well. I don't know why I started using it, though. Probably
because some yard manager recommended it. Maybe they had a 500-gallon
barrel of it on hand? :)

Best advice has already been given, and that is to visit some boatyards
and ask questions. Bottom paint is not cheap.

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says...

On 12/9/2010 12:58 PM, HarryK wrote:
On 12/9/10 12:13 PM, HarryK wrote:
On 12/9/10 11:56 AM, Paul@BYC wrote:
Apparently, there have been a fairly large number of posts since
midnight, but I didn't come across any that were pleasure boat/sport
fishing related. That's really too bad.



There are very few boaters here even when the weather is nice. Plus, if
you take the time to write and post a good post about boating, the
chances are good the aforementioned assholes here will trash it.



Which is the reason I only make posts about my deck, my UPS shipments ,
and subtle and not so subtle name calling.

Bull****.

I do recall mentioning the boat I just purchased.

Let's see some proof of that! You've been caught in FAR too many lies
for anybody but Don to believe you.

On 12/10/10 9:08 AM, Harry Scary wrote:
In articlePYCdnV2vlvvV2ZzQnZ2dnUVZ_tOdnZ2d@giganews. com,
says...

On 12/9/2010 12:58 PM, HarryK wrote:
On 12/9/10 12:13 PM, HarryK wrote:
On 12/9/10 11:56 AM, Paul@BYC wrote:
Apparently, there have been a fairly large number of posts since
midnight, but I didn't come across any that were pleasure boat/sport
fishing related. That's really too bad.



There are very few boaters here even when the weather is nice. Plus, if
you take the time to write and post a good post about boating, the
chances are good the aforementioned assholes here will trash it.



Which is the reason I only make posts about my deck, my UPS shipments ,
and subtle and not so subtle name calling.

Bull****.

I do recall mentioning the boat I just purchased.

Let's see some proof of that! You've been caught in FAR too many lies
for anybody but Don to believe you.

I posted photos of my Parker, both the big Parker and the little Parker.
I didn't post pictures of my Hatteras, Lobster Boat or my newest boat
because the rec.boats is full of low life right wing assholes.

I don't understand what the big deal is, I did post many photos of my
deck's footings that should have keep the right-wing happy and amused
for a few months.