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Forum: General Sailing Forum 28-03-2018, 19:34
Replies: 21
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Posted By Al Walker
Re: Experiences with Silicone 'antifouling' like Silic One from Hempel

Ah well, looks like we may have to head North instead of Stewart Island..... a wee SW blow coming in for the next couple of days, so it would just be plain uncomfortable getting there.

Was at sea...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 25-03-2018, 23:37
Replies: 21
Views: 22,386
Posted By Al Walker
Re: Experiences with Silicone 'antifouling' like Silic One from Hempel

I used to have those same wistful thoughts myself Ben, but I seldom got enough time out of the engine room when we were in port. Now I'm wondering how many of the exotic beasties and plants I found...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 24-03-2018, 00:18
Replies: 21
Views: 22,386
Posted By Al Walker
Re: Experiences with Silicone 'antifouling' like Silic One from Hempel

Something soft would have worked had I not let the fouling get so bad. But the hard plastic scraper I used didn't seem to damage the coating - not that I could see anyway.

Coppercoat is a very...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 23-03-2018, 20:11
Replies: 21
Views: 22,386
Posted By Al Walker
Re: Experiences with Silicone 'antifouling' like Silic One from Hempel

So, back by popular demand........

Ilona and Ben, put The Bird onto the drying grid yesterday and gave her a good clean. Bear in mind this is a foul release we are talking about, not anti foul, so...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 20-03-2018, 17:03
Replies: 21
Views: 22,386
Posted By Al Walker
Re: Experiences with Silicone 'antifouling' like Silic One from Hempel

Hi Ilona

We are located down in the South of the South Island of New Zealand, once upon a time was a reasonably low fouling region, but the seas have warmed up, and we do get considerably more...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 20-03-2018, 01:32
Replies: 21
Views: 22,386
Posted By Al Walker
Re: Experiences with Silicone 'antifouling' like Silic One from Hempel

Hi Ben

The agent recommended we use a 3 litre kit, we ended up using 5 litres, which was pretty much what it came out as when we worked it out from the data sheet after the event.

We...
Forum: General Sailing Forum 20-03-2018, 00:48
Replies: 21
Views: 22,386
Posted By Al Walker
Re: Experiences with Silicone 'antifouling' like Silic One from Hempel

We put Aqua Cote onto Wild Bird a year ago (42ft steel medium displacement yacht). Our experience is that as long as you keep the boat moving regularly, it will stay clean. We had a fairly bumpy trip...
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