Not concerned with racing at all or appearance on the hard for that matter. My concerns here is sufficient protection and cost.
Dr. Brian C. Morrison > On Mar 25, 2014, at 3:23 PM, "dwight" <dwight...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I agree with most of what Gary says but I am not aware of many C&C boats > that ever developed blisters...my knowledge is of boats in more northern > climates maybe, like here around Nova Scotia. And as far as the racing > goes, I appreciate for guys like Dennis Connor and his book "No Excuse to > Lose" that a clean bottom is faster but for most of us, we lose by other > means. So if getting the bottom perfect is what you need to do to gain > those precious seconds then strip her down fair everything to perfection, > long sand the bottom and dry sail the boat...that seems a lot of work for > club racing but sometimes ego rules...otherwise just clean and repair the > bad spots and concentrate on improving some of the other skills that will > make you chances of winning better...unless you want to do a lot of work or > if you are particularly concerned about how the bottom looks on the hard > before launch > > -----Original Message----- > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Gary > Nylander > Sent: March 25, 2014 1:52 PM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List Bottom Paint Question > > If you're not looking for the ultimate racing bottom, why not do a careful > scrape to get the loose stuff off and put something on top? Talk to the > paint manufacturers or West Marine - they have tables of what goes over > what. You can put something like Hydrocoat over just about anything and, > because it is ablative, it will mostly come off in a year or so and you can > continue (as long as you aren't getting big peels) as long as you want. > Baltoplate is very hard and smooth and doesn't have much copper or other > anti-fouling properties, that's why the racers use it, but they dive on the > boat every couple of weeks or more often. > > A hand sanding just to put some 'bite' on what's there (after getting the > loose stuff off) should get you through the year. Use a sponge sanding > block, then roll on whatever you decide to use. > > But, sooner or later you should have all the junk taken off and get down to > gelcoat and then put a barrier coat on - that will keep the boat from > absorbing moisture and possibly developing blisters. When I peeled mine, I > found that it already had a barrier coat (PO?) and that was good. I have > been using Hydrocoat ever since. > > Gary > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
