RE: Bottom Paint
Gordon (hlg@pacbell.net)
Thu, 7 Jan 1999 10:20:19 -0800
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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>> In Florida water you will grow lil barnacles in one week, in two weeks she
>> will have fair sized barnacles, in three weeks she will have a
>> full beard and
>> edible oysters...
>>
>Wow! is the fouling THAT bad down there? Up here in the cold northwest I
>wouldn't hesitate to leave my P19 in for weeks without paint. I had no idea
>the fouling sets in so fast. I kept my boat for about 8 months in freshwater
>with worn out bottom paint (the kind that loses effectiveness when hauled,
>and it was hauled for months) and all I had to do was occasionally scrub the
>undersides.
Yep, my experience in Florida (the brackish water of Sykes Creek in Merritt
Island) was exactly as SolarFray describes. If I got lazy and left my
epoxy-painted wooden pram in the water for a few days it would have
barnacles on the bottom and grass at the waterline. Someone should harvest
or synthesize the adhesive those critters use. It dries hard and strong.
Harry Gordon
P14 #234, Manatee
Mountain View, CA