marine creatures attach themselves to your boat’s bottom Ablative Anti-fouling Paint: Ablative paint is a soft bottom
while it’s sitting in its slip or at its mooring. Barnacles repro- paint that is designed to wear away as your boat is used. As
duce rapidly and deposit millions of eggs, which cover the the water moving over the boat’s surface wears away the
boat’s bottom quickly once they get started. paint, fresh layers of biocide are continuously exposed, so
Plants: Weeds and water plants can also attach themselves that the anti-fouling characteristic is constantly refreshed as
to the boat, most often near the waterline where there’s long as some of the paint remains on the boat’s hull.
plenty of sunlight. Ablative anti-fouling paints can be applied over other anti-
Algae Slime: Algae can form a gloppy, gooey mess on your fouling paints, so that you don’t need to remove the previ-
boat’s bottom, blooming rapidly and creating an environ- ous paint before applying a fresh coat. It can be useful to
ment that attracts other organisms. This creates a nasty, apply two or three coats when applying an ablative anti-
hard-to-clean bottom situation, and slows your boat tremen- fouling paint. Ablative paints work well in marine environ-
dously when it’s moving through the water. ments with high levels of marine growth.
The drawback to ablative paints is that, because it’s
Using quality anti-fouling bottom paint on your boat’s hull such a soft paint, you will remove some of the paint when-
can help prevent bottom fouling from forming in the first ever you scrub down the hull. Make sure your diver knows
Charter Guide
place, protecting the hull and saving you a messy clean-up that your boat has ablative paint. I’ve seen new paint jobs
job. Anti-fouling paint uses chemicals called biocides that
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faces. Most anti-fouling bottom paints use cuprous oxide,
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friction areas such as the rudder.
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and generally, the more cuprous oxide in the paint, the bet-
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ter it will protect your boat’s bottom.
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ently use your boat, or if you give the
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oat’s bottom a
Instruction: Yes Skipper: Yes
There are two main types of anti-fouling paint: Ablative and
Fleet size: 5 at Pelican Marina
good scrubbing after each use, a hard p
Fleet size: 6
aint is probably
Provisioning: Yes
hard-finish anti-fouling paint. Ablative paint is suitable for your better choice. The hard anti-fouling paints start leach-
Fleet: 30’-40’
sailboats and slower powerboats, while hard-finish paint is
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After a
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the paint has leached out all of its biocides,
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In Summary
Fleet: 22’-36’
Whether you opt to use bottom paint or not,
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hull in the conditions it is used will extend
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its life, improve
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performance and ensure the owner more time
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or
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contractor applies the correct product
Provisioning:
for the vessel’s
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Fleet: 6 sail (incl. two J/24’s) & power
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