[Rhodes22-list] Bottom Paint

[Mary Lou Troy]

I've read that a lot of freshwater sailors use VC17. It isn't 
suitable for saltwater and there aren't very many paints you can put 
over it without stripping back to gelcoat if you decide to change.

For the last 7 years on the Cheasapeake (brackish where we are 
saltier further south) we've used Woolsey Neptune II, a water based 
ablative with a high copper content. It has worked very well and was 
easy to use, easy to clean up. We usually got two years out of it and 
some years just touched up the waterline and the leading edge of the 
bow and the keel. Alas it is no longer availalbe and we are not sure 
what we are going to do this year. Pettit makes Hydrocoat but it has 
much less copper. Sea Hawk Monterey might be a possibility but I 
don't know anyone who has used it or where to get it. We'll be 
talking to the boatyard folks after they and we get back from vacation.

Mary Lou
1991 R22  Fretless
Rock Hall, MD

At 03:27 PM 2/14/2007, you wrote:
>Bill, I went to a Hard paint for that reason.  After 2 Seasons of 
>not being able to get to the areas under the bunks I had racing 
>stripes on the bottom which could not be cleaned from the water 
>since it was stuck on unpainted bottom.  I got 2 seasons out of VC17 
>and will have to recoat this spring.  I had hoped for better results 
>but it still lasted twice as long as ablative.
>Bob Weber
>
>
>>From: "Wickman, William E" <WEWickman at spectraenergy.com>
>>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Bottom Paint
>>Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:49:23 -0600
>>
>>It sounds like most everyone uses an ablative paint.  Has anyone found
>>any problems with the paint coming off during launch and retrieval?  I
>>would think that an ablative paint would rub off on the bunks of the
>>trailer.
>>
>>Bill W.
>>
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
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>>[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Slim
>>Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 2:35 PM
>>To: Rhodes22-list
>>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Bottom Paint
>>
>>We use the Interlux ablative from West Marine at about $60 per gallon.
>>I
>>get two coats on the boat from one gallon and we've painted every other
>>year.  The boat sits in the fresh water lake all season except for an
>>occasional trip up north.  It always comes out in the fall looking great
>>except for a little paint we scuff off the bow landing on shore, which
>>we do
>>quite often.  I never pressure wash it or sand or anything beforehand.
>>I
>>use jack stands to get it as high off the trailer as I can which also
>>gives
>>you more room to work under the boat.
>>
>>Slim
>>
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