[Rhodes22-list] Bottom paint replies

[Kathy Barron]

Thanks for your advice everyone. After scrubbing there is still a water line on the boat, from lake scum. The boat is only in the water from April to October and then stored indoors on the trailer. When I get it out next spring, I'll have to take more time to re-evaluate, but sounds like it could use an anti-fouling layer.

Kathy  


---- Pat & Mary Ann <pmadevig at gra.midco.net> wrote: 
> Kathy,
> I sail on a northern Minnesota lake.  At the end of the sailing period I use 
> Zing to clean off the scum that's accumulated over the 4 months of summer. 
> When I'm not sailing I leave the boat on a boat lift that has bunks that are 
> identical to the boat trailer, so the hull doesn't have much time in the 
> water.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <R22RumRunner at aol.com>
> To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 7:15 AM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Bottom paint
> 
> 
> > Kathy,
> > It depends on the lake, but yes, generally speaking you need an
> > anti-fouling layer. On Lake Hartwell, any boat without anti-fouling will 
> > get a  stripe
> > around the hull at the water line in just a days use. It's caused by 
> > algae
> > in the water. That being said, I sailed for several seasons without it,
> > but found myself cleaning the bottom while in the water more often. I used 
> > a
> > dive mask and snorkel and a sponge to simply wash the algae off the 
> > bottom.
> > I've  found that bottom paint is better.
> >
> > Rummy
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 10/16/2010 8:34:21 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > jbarron1 at cinci.rr.com writes:
> >
> >
> > OK,  probably a dumb question.... is bottom paint necessary if the boat is
> > only  sailed in fresh water?  Mine hasn't been done since we bought the 
> > boat
> > from Stan in 2007.
> > Kathy
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