G'day mates,
I have been reading a lot on most threads on this and other
boat fourms but can see no
posting on what I'm looking for...Which is, I'm sure...Something you all love...Painting &
Boat maintenance
Is your boat built from
steel, timber, alloy, cement or full glass?
Is your boat a Mono, Cat or Tri?
Is your boat a
sail boat, full
motor boat or a
motor sailor?
What size is your boat?
Now to the guts of my questions. Which is in two
parts.
(1) How often do
you get your boat
on the hard or beach to scrape her hull/s, antifoul and
paint her and what are the costs involved?
(2) How often and where/how do
you do a topside
paint job, (Decks and such) and what are the costs involved?
Just thought of something else to do with hull/s, when I was a boy my dear old Dad, rest his soul, told me they would take their boats, sea going timber or
steel trawler, up a river into fresh
water. This would kill a lot of
marine groth that grew on the
hull, and the growth would drop-off, there-by reducing the cost and time by extending the length of time, between having the boat
on the hard to do a full bottom job.
Was that an old fishermans tale?
Thanks in advance for letting me know of
your experiences in the
maintenance department.
Bill
Australia