Hi Bill- Can you clarify what you used? I looked at the Pettit site and there was nothing called Odyssey Trinidad. There was an Odyssey Triton? Dave
S/V Aries 1990 C&C 34+ New London, CT > On Oct 23, 2021, at 2:16 PM, Bill Coleman via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > I know this subject is as old as boats, but I think I commented in the spring > that I was trying a brand new paint and would report in the fall, so here it > is. It is raining and chilly and not much else going on in the NE, so . .. > > The paint is Pettit Odyssey Trinidad, and when I hauled a week ago the > results were nothing less than amazing. All of the clubs haul out guys (and > girl) were in awe, and said it was the cleanest boat the have hauled this > year. > > There was some scum from the bow back amidships and going down a few inches, > mostly on the north side, oddly enough. But the rest was amazingly clean. Of > note, here in the Great Lakes over the last 10 years or so there has been > some new growth that no one seems to know anything about, looks like a spider > web growing all over the bottom, and there was NONE of that. No Zebra > Mussels, nothing. > It is called ablative, but it is nowhere near as ablative as the previous > year’s paint, very little came off with the pressure washer. Also, it called > for two initial coats, I only used one. It goes on nice, and what I liked is > that there is no heavy copper falling out, you don’t seem to need to keep > stirring it as you go. In fact, I don’t think it has copper as we know it, > Three Ingredients, Copper Thiocyanate, Econea, and Zinc Pyrithione. I > wouldn’t consider it a racing paint, but after a month, I might. One of the > guys hauled his First 40 out and cleaned it (VC17) for the last race two > weeks before his final haulout, and his bottom was a mess, complete with > ‘spiderwebs’ and Zebra Mussels. He was amazed to see how much scum was back > on 2 weeks later. > > I think it’s the Zinc . . . .Also, a $30 rebate going on. > > Bill Coleman > Entrada, Erie, PA > > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > <https://www.paypal.me/stumurray> Thanks - Stu
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
