[MHml] Bottom paint for fresh and salt

[Larry Forgy]

Tom,
I had a better experience with Vivid, but the Chesapeake is not as warm 
or as salty as Florida.  The boat was in the water about 1.5 years (2 
seasons and the intervening winter).  Like you, it was pretty amazing 
the first season, and very little growth during the winter.  I did have 
to scrub it regularly the second season, and a noticeable cloud of  
white paint would  be churned into the water when I did.

Even in the second season, though, I noticed that there would be some 
growth on the hull after sitting at the dock for a while, but if I went 
daysailing and got the boat over 8-10 knots for a while, it would all 
wash away.

I'm not wild about the paint, but I do like the white color.  Are there 
other hard bottom paints that come is light colors?

Larry Forgy

Tom Anderson wrote:
> My experience with Vivid, also in white, was that it worked great for 
> about 4~5 months with no slime or growth, getting slimey for a couple 
> of months and then died. 7 months isn't too impressive in my book. I'm 
> moored in brackish water that gets fresher in the summer. That's when 
> it went from white to barnacles. I did the bottom in Vivid again as I 
> still had enough but next year I think I'm going back to Trinidad as 
> it's what I've had the best luck with here in Florida. 
>  Sigi, what didn't you like about the copperpoxy? 
>  Tom
> R21