Jamestown Distributors has been doing tests of bottom pains and taking surveys from customers. What they found is that results are VERY localized, and that a paint that works well in one marina many not work well in another just miles away.
This is not a case of one size fits all, at least in Narragansett Bay, RI. Joel 35/3 Annapolis On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 8:52 AM, Hoyt, Mike via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Graham > > Thanks for the compliment! You missed out on a great day's sailing on > Saturday while you were stripping the boat > > Bob has been telling me (and I believe everyone on this list) the merits > of Micron 66 for the past three years. Finally after 4 years of Micron CSC > on our J27 which in the Fall moored near Bob and then 1 year of petit Vivid > on Persistence in the same area I broke down and bought Micron 66. I had t > make a 5 hour round trip while on a ski vacation in Maine to Searsport in > order to get it but Bob has convinced me it is worth the trouble > > Every year with the J27 we would haul the boat on Labour Day on the North > Coast of Nova Scotia and then trailer it to Halifax where after a thorough > pressure wash and scrub it would be relaunched Sept 9 and sailed til Oct > 24. With the Micron CSC I would encounter grass at the waterline and on > the outboard rudder when the boat was in Halifax and a spongy slime that > spreads in start patterns on the flat undersides of the boat when in the > Northumberland Strait on the North Shore. Last year with the Vivid I > hauled the boat mid July to do transducer work and then again Sept 11 for > prop shaft repairs and both times the boat was dirty. > > This year we scrubbed the boat in April, applied Micron 66 over the Vivid > and launched April 30. First week of August was Baddeck Race week and we > raced against another Frers 33 that is well sailed and was freshly scrubbed > prior to the race week. He uses VC Offshore and likely has the fastest > hull at his club. We did not scrub. There was no noticeable difference in > boat speeds and we managed to beat him a couple times and lost when we > screwed up in other areas. We have also raced the boat a bit this Fall and > it does not seem noticeably slow. The hull was last scrubbed (prepare > yourselves) in April. > > We are hauling the boat next week after one more race tomorrow - the > Diehard Race at Armdale Yacht Club (where I hope to see Graham again). I > have instructed the yard to NOT PRESSURE WASH the hull as I am very anxious > to see if this magic paint is all that Bob has hyped it to be. If I have > barnacles then I believe Bob and I will have to drown our sorrows in some > sort of beverage that is dark in colour and smells like rim > > Sorry for the long story > > Mike > Persistence > 1987 Frers 33 #16 > > -----Original Message----- > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Graham > Collins via CnC-List > Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 10:34 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Cc: Graham Collins > Subject: Re: Stus-List Anti-fouling paint > > We all are still praying, Mike and I hold regular meetings. Amen brother, > amen! > > Hey, saw Mike's new boat last weekend, it is a sweet ride! > > Graham Collins > Secret Plans > C&C 35-III #11 > > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the > bottom of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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