"RG" wrote in message
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"JimH" wrote in message
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You still have to bottom paint a boat kept in fresh water. Corrosion
also remains a potential problem, but certainly less than in salt
water.


Keep in mind that we are talking about only seasonal in-water storage.
Not knowing how long the season is, makes it hard for me to give an
absolute answer. But, if I was storing a small trailerable boat in fresh
water for only 3-4 months, I would not bother to paint it. The bottom
will clean fairly easily with a pressure washer in that short amount of
time, and you don't have to screw up the aesthetics of a small sport boat
that spends most of its time out of the water with the bottom paint. No
concern with blisters in that short amount of time either, so no need for
a barrier coat as well.

My boat is stored year-round in fresh water, so it is obviously painted
and barrier coated.


Even after a week in fresh water you are going have significant build up of
slime and algae that will not be easy to remove. If you are going to store
the boat in the water for a season, no matter if it is only 3 or 4 months,
you indeed have to bottom paint. ;-)