Touché's most successful year of racing was on a Micron CSC bottom. Bottom has now been faired and now has burnished Baltoplate. Boat is noticeably faster but crew work and dumb decisions have negated the speed advantage. :(
Dennis C. Touché 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 15, 2014, at 5:01 PM, Rick Brass <rickbr...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > By and large, I really like using ablative paint. The bottom is not as smooth > as a baby's, like what you get with Baltoplate and a couple of days of > burnishing. But good ablative paint like Petit ACP60 - now called Ultra SR I > think - lasts 3 or 4 years and you strip it with a pressure washer. > > And I can lose more seconds in a race by a single mistake than a baby smooth > bottom will ever gain for me. > > Rick Brass > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Apr 15, 2014, at 14:46, "Gary Nylander" <gnylan...@atlanticbb.net> wrote: >> >> Somehow, I just don't get it. A friend is having his Morris 36 stripped at >> the yard where my boat sits (in the water). They went through some peel away >> stuff, then some random orbital (air powered) and then again with some finer >> sandpaper. It has been a couple of weeks...... Last year they had the soda >> blasting folks come in and after about four hours, the bottom of a larger >> boat was as smooth as it came out of the mold. I just don't get it. I'll ask >> my friend what he was thinking tomorrow at lunch.... After going through >> that mess and brute labor a few years ago, I would never do it again, no >> matter how 'easy' the tool is - I just don't want to stoop under a boat >> holding any tool over my head, taking off toxic crap. >> >> Gary >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Dr. Mark Bodnar >> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com >> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 2:02 PM >> Subject: Re: Stus-List Bottom paint removal >> >> >> I know sucking in the dust from scraping the bottom is not good - but in the >> past I've used a random orbital sander with a fairly rough grit paper (and a >> mask) >> Seems to go pretty quickly, or at least it did on my little 24' >> >> Are scrapers preferred? I'd have thought the finish would be much >> rougher. >> >> Mark >> >> There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. >> - George Santayana >> On 15/04/2014 2:54 PM, PME wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Scraping off bottom paint is a pain with a cheap steel scraper. Once >>> has to nearly sharpen the blade ever other second. This year I discover >>> using a good tool really matters. >>> >>> Don't use a steel scraper, pay the $23 and get a tungsten carbide scraper. >>> One blade will last a whole side of the boat or more. I was amazed. >>> >>> Here is a link to a scraper I used on a 38LF. Bahco 665 Carbide Edged >>> Heavy-Duty Paint Scraper >>> >>> >>> http://www.amazon.com/Bahco-Carbide-Edged-Heavy-Duty-Scraper/dp/B0001IX7S8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1397584146&sr=8-1&keywords=scraper+bah >>> >>> >>> - >>> Paul E. >>> 1981 C&C 38 Landfall >>> S/V Johanna Rose >>> Carrabelle, FL >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Apr 15, 2014, at 10:55 AM, cnc-list-requ...@cnc-list.com wrote: >>>> >>>> Message: 4 >>>> Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 00:29:43 -0300 >>>> From: Rich Knowles <r...@sailpower.ca> >>>> To: cnc-list Cnc-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> >>>> Subject: Stus-List Bottom paint removal >>>> Message-ID: <2ef7ca9a-bfa1-4c91-9820-3dfea7c86...@sailpower.ca> >>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 >>>> >>>> I got adventurous this year and decided to remove as much of the existing >>>> bottom paint as possible. There are many layers on the boat that have >>>> accumulated over time. Ordinary manual scrapers take a lot of time and >>>> energy, and sharpening. I developed this scraper which will fit in any >>>> reciprocating saw and uses a carbide blade. It is a lot easier and quicker >>>> and the blades last much longer than regular steel blades. >>>> >>>> Here?s a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2lsNuCrfgk >>>> >>>> Now, all I have to do is get at it as soon as the rain stops for a few >>>> days and the temperature becomes bearable. >>>> >>>> Rich Knowles >>>> INDIGO LF38 >>>> Halifax, NS. >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
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