Antifoul paint

DOTHEDOG

As it is cod season now and the weather is getting a bit better i am going to leave my boat out in barna harbour,would it be wise to put anti foul paint on the hull as it probabally will be left there for around 6 mts

Remembering when the tide goes out in barna harbour there is no water there,so you can only go out half/full high tide

so basicaly the water is only hitting the hull half of the 6 mts

fergal.b

Yep put some anti-foul on it, unless you want to scrub the boat every few weeks You will see most of the boats will have it even if they dry out.

DOTHEDOG

okey dokes your the man fergal

WaterRat

I bought a 6.3 m rib last year and I didn't want to ruin the nice shinny hull with antifoul paint, so I looked around and eventually found a product called SafeBoatSkin at the RibCentre in Cork. It was about 80 euro for a bottle (roughly pint size). I put four coats on the hull and bottom of the tubes from the same bottle (very light coating). I then left the boat on sea water for June, July and August. When I took the boat out, I just towed it to a nearby petrol station and powerhosed it down. It was fantastic, all the growth was gone in just one wash. There are other products similar to this in the USA, but they are banned in the EU for environmental reasons.

DOTHEDOG

not good though even if it was would you be able to put it on fibreglass

WaterRat

Yes, they claim that it "Treats all surfaces - Wood, Aluminium, Fibreglass, Hypalon, PVC ...everything... " However, my boat was tied up on a marina and it was always floating and not rubbing off mud/sand when the tide went in and out. Just wonder if that would rub the wax off the hull. Perhaps the RibCentre may be able to answer that. If it doesn't then antifouling is the way to go.

DOTHEDOG

rite antifoul paint it is,but others say that it is hard to take off

any input on this!!