[C38] Bottom Paint

[Peggy Droesch]

Steve,

When we bought our boat 2 years ago the previous owner had just applied a
single-season paint -- Sea Hawk Sharkskin -- which lasted for a good 18
months in San Francisco Bay, with the occasional dockside scrub & a dive
service at regular intervals, until our diver told us it was time for a
haulout.  [We sail almost every weekend, but we don't race.]  At haulout it
was in good condition, no significant soft growth other than a beard at the
waterline & the usual all-over slime.

I don't like the notion of putting toxics into the Bay so ablative paint
was never an option.  Bob Hennessy, our project manager at KKMI, had
originally recommended Trinidad SR but steered us to Blue Water Copper Pro
SCX 67 Hard, which he said was virtually the same paint as Trinidad but
significantly less expensive -- saved us $180.  This paint got a good
rating from Practical Sailor which is one of our main sources for product
info.  

That said, I'd follow any recommendation I got from Cree at Berkeley Marine
-- he has a very good rep up here.  Productive dockside conversations & a
project manager that you trust make a world of difference.

Peggy
The C38 With No Name, #231
Point Richmond



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> Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2010 06:04:16 -0700
> From: "D. R. Strong" <drstrong at ucdavis.edu>
> To: Catalina 38 Listserve <listserve at catalina38.org>
> Subject: Re: [C38] Bottom Paint
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> Hey Steve: We pull every 4 years at Christmas and have Cree at Berkeley 
> Marine Center apply one coat of Trinidad. Diver comes every 4 months 
> with instructions to be gentle and make the bottom last a long time. We 
> sail a lot too, and that helps. We don't race, however.
> regards, Don
>
> Richard West wrote:
> > Hi Steve,
> >
> > I've been using Petit Trinidad SR and I'm really happy with it, but 
> > I'm in So. Cal.  I've heard that it's usually best to ask people in 
> > the area where you keep your boat as different paints work better on 
> > different fouling creatures.
> >
> > Rich, Legacy, #360, San Diego
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 8:39 PM, Steve Smolinske 
> > <SSmolinske at rainierrubber.com <mailto:SSmolinske at rainierrubber.com>> 
> > wrote:
> >
> >     Peregrine is on the hard and we are fairing the keel and sanding
> >     the bottom, I'd love to hear recommendations from others on bottom
> >     paint.  Ablative or Hard, which brand and your experiences with
> >     them.  Thanks.
> >      
> >     Steve
> >     Peregrine #312
> >     Seattle
> >      
> >
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