On The Marine Railway
If this was a car wash, I’d be getting the Basic: bottom paint, compound/wax, zincs, varnish rudder cheeks. Hauling on the railway at Gannon & Benjamin is always a treat… a sandy, listful treat. I’m concerned the boat might just list over at any moment… jack stands in the sand… endless hours of amusement.
Last year I used Micron Extra paying a hefty price per gallon and I thought it fouled rather quickly. I had some serious barnacle farms down there. This time, I went with West Marine CPP - one of the least expensive alternatives I could find. The CPP is actually Petit Ultima SSA paint. I bet it will perform as well as (or rather, better than) the Interlux Micron Extra, but for 1/3 the price. Oh, I did raise the waterline 1″ this year, making for about 3.5″ of raised waterline total since I bought her.
Interesting tid bit here about extending life of zincs… very useful for my Max Prop… Use nail polish around screw holes to reduce wear… cool! Extend the life of Max Prop Zincs
I do need a longer haul soon… Cutlass Bearing is a bit sloppy, and I’ve got some blisters at the waterline that need to be ground, dried and epoxied. Sad.
This haulout has been fueled by The Art Cliff Truck.
WM CCP Plus is the same as Pettit Ultima ssa. Always check the U.S. EPA
Reg No. on the cans. WM bottom paints are made by Pettit.
Yeah I should have mentioned that in the post… cause I knew that. I think I’ll edit the post to reflect this important information. It’s the same deal as the Epifanes Hi Gloss Varnish = WM 5 Star Premium… Same great product, better price! Thanks for pointing that out Gerry!
Ben, Paint is like wine the most expensive one is not always the best one…
Rick
Hi Ben, thanks for the Pettit A/F tip.
When you do your blister research, check out this process :
http://www.osmosisinfo.com/
I had that HYAB process done in Oz, 2001 , and haven’t had a blister, since.
Douglas
Another thought came to mind , surprising that is !
Well , there is a convinced few that swear by coating a cleaned bronze prop, with , Sharpie poster pen ink, to retard barnicle growth, I am going to try this next time, but for now it’s apply water-proof grease and panti hose, when your boat is laid-up in the water, for a while.
I have a Sabre 34 with an offset prop which makes it easy to scrape the prop off with a snorkel mask on. That thing sure collects barnacles in the upper Chesapeake Bay every year. Kills your motoring.
hello been following u for a time i was wondering if u painted your boats bottom in a rain storm if that would be ok like the marina at mantee bay in key largo did to me