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Bottom Paint Revisited
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11/08/15 07:21 PM
11/08/15 07:21 PM
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JBiermann
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Canis Minor has returned to the hard after another season. We saw great improvement this year; finished solidly in the summer Wednesday night series and even took home 2nd and 3rd place cups in a couple Saturday regattas. However, far from being satisfied, I'm already hunting for the edge for next season.
This year I went with the Seahawk Cukote with the slime guard on the bottom as it was supposed to be quasi burnish-able and stand up the the marine growth here in Maine. The first claim was true, the second not so much.
Seeing as I was in the drink scrubbing her down every two weeks anyway, I'm thinking the way to go next year is to wet blast the bottom all the way down, do a new barrier coat and get the advantage of one of those mirror perfect hard bottoms. (I mean hey, if I'm diving on her anyway, why not get the advantage right?) I am hoping that between that, new(er) sails, a few tuning tweaks and a consistent crew, we should see ourselves on the podium much more often.
What do you use on your bottom for racing season? Recommendations? I was going to go with the VC Offshore but the local racers around here have had less than stellar things to say...
-Josh
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Re: Bottom Paint Revisited
[Re: Steve Buzbee]
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11/10/15 02:10 PM
11/10/15 02:10 PM
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Posts: 186 Barrington, RI
cstoddard
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Josh
I've used Baltoplate for years its a smooth hard paint But you have to clean weekly I think the long and short of it is since they got rid of TriBT if you want it fast clean weekly
Charlie Stoddard Falcon #229
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Re: Bottom Paint Revisited
[Re: JBiermann]
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11/14/15 05:32 PM
11/14/15 05:32 PM
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I always spray the Balto use about 3/4 gallon each spring as prep do a quick random orbit sand with 220 grit If the spray job is good the first couple of cleanings get it well burnished If not wet sand with 600 grit
Charlie Stoddard Falcon #229
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Re: Bottom Paint Revisited
[Re: JBiermann]
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11/26/15 12:09 PM
11/26/15 12:09 PM
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I saw this online and was thinking about using it when I haul out Wings in January. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfoKBL37BuAAnyone had any experience with this copper product? Supposed to ward off the hard stuff for 10 years.
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