No more DIY antifouling in EU countries?

[boatman61]

For the last 35years 'the people' have happily abdicated personal responsibility, independence and freedom to the State.. to late to whinge.
You have colluded through inaction in the creation of a system where just a single click of a mouse somewhere in the world can effectively terminate your life... as you know it.
No money, no job.. no home.. Enjoy Suckers.

[boatman61]

A friend forwarded tis to me which may be of interest as its the way things are going.. if its an already running Thread subject.. apologies..

Dear antifouling expert and boat owners,

LEAF Project Consortium would like to thank you all for your support and is pleased to announce that the LEAF project has been a success.

Here can you see a part the final reporting LEAF final reporting | LEAF-AntiFouling

A short movie on boat test and a PDF with detailed survey from boat owners testing LEAF prototype in the last year.

Thank you very much and stay tuned on the website and Facebook for further news from the ongoing activities.



On behalf of the LEAF Consortium

The coordinators team

/Emiliano Pinori, Jukka Lausmaa and Mattias Berglin






SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden
Chemistry, Materials and Surfaces
Box 857, SE-501 15 Borås, Sweden
Tel: +46 (0)10 516 00 00

Telefax: +46 (0)33 10 33 88
Internet: SP Sveriges Tekniska Forskningsinstitut

section Chemistry, Materials and Surfaces

[deblen]

Originally Posted by boatman61

A friend forwarded tis to me which may be of interest as its the way things are going.. if its an already running Thread subject.. apologies..

Dear antifouling expert and boat owners,

LEAF Project Consortium would like to thank you all for your support and is pleased to announce that the LEAF project has been a success.

Here can you see a part the final reporting LEAF final reporting | LEAF-AntiFouling

A short movie on boat test and a PDF with detailed survey from boat owners testing LEAF prototype in the last year.

Thank you very much and stay tuned on the website and Facebook for further news from the ongoing activities.



On behalf of the LEAF Consortium

The coordinators team

/Emiliano Pinori, Jukka Lausmaa and Mattias Berglin






SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden
Chemistry, Materials and Surfaces
Box 857, SE-501 15 Borås, Sweden
Tel: +46 (0)10 516 00 00

Telefax: +46 (0)33 10 33 88
Internet: SP Sveriges Tekniska Forskningsinstitut

section Chemistry, Materials and Surfaces

I hope LEAF works & is a reasonable price. The cost of AF paint has gone thru the roof lately. It will soon be as cheap to do it the original way

Pic of USS Constitution getting her bottom re-coppered.

[unclemack]

Time I finished (started) inventing the power-cable-tethered travelling robot scrubber, provisionally named "Remora."

Nick a controller from a robot vacuum cleaner, job done

Form an orderly queue please if you have a few mil spare to invest

[deblen]

Originally Posted by unclemack

Time I finished (started) inventing the power-cable-tethered travelling robot scrubber, provisionally named "Remora."

Nick a controller from a robot vacuum cleaner, job done

Form an orderly queue please if you have a few mil spare to invest

I'll throw in a $Loonie-worth 75cents US

Actually-they clean ship bottoms with somewhat remote controlled creeper thingys. My son( Com. diver) was involved a bit some yrs ago.

I wonder if that is how the cursed green crabs & other foreign organisms get transported. You don't haul a 1000ft tanker to clean the bottom.
That is a good argument in favor of more potent AF paints-the lesser of two "weevils"-but the tree huggers don't seem to be aware of the damage done by foreign organisms,do they. These "do good" groups & politicos are always acting on emotion rather than facts. They deal with half a deck every time!

Cheers/ Len

[Rustic Charm]

Originally Posted by boatman61

A friend forwarded tis to me which may be of interest as its the way things are going.. if its an already running Thread subject.. apologies..

Dear antifouling expert and boat owners,

LEAF Project Consortium would like to thank you all for your support and is pleased to announce that the LEAF project has been a success.

Here can you see a part the final reporting LEAF final reporting | LEAF-AntiFouling

A short movie on boat test and a PDF with detailed survey from boat owners testing LEAF prototype in the last

looks promising even something solid that might be expensive to put on at first but lasts for many years would be something hmmm, sounds familiar, what is that product

[deblen]

Originally Posted by boatman61

For the last 35years 'the people' have happily abdicated personal responsibility, independence and freedom to the State.. to late to whinge.
You have colluded through inaction in the creation of a system where just a single click of a mouse somewhere in the world can effectively terminate your life... as you know it.
No money, no job.. no home.. Enjoy Suckers.

My final post on this depressing subject.

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by deblen

My final post on this depressing subject.Attachment 120529

Some folks take non-boat comments Waaaaaaay to Seriously....

[fstbttms]

Originally Posted by unclemack

Time I finished (started) inventing the power-cable-tethered travelling robot scrubber, provisionally named "Remora."

You snooze, you lose.




www.remoramarine.com

[s/v Jedi]

Here you go:
http://youtu.be/bSP_xrgLHh8

[fstbttms]

Originally Posted by s/v Jedi

Here you go:
http://youtu.be/bSP_xrgLHh8

A few years ago, I was given the pole-mounted version of the Hulltimo (Hulltimo Smart) by the company to test drive as a diver-controlled device and upon which to provide feedback. I could see that a hand-held rotary brush was going to be the hull cleaning tool of the future, but Hulltimo had too many drawbacks to be it. I even had a meeting here in Oakland with the inventor (an engineer for Jacuzzi) to discuss the machine's potential in the hull cleaning industry.

The bottom line was that Hulltimo devices are quite limited in the range of fouling they are capable of cleaning and extremely expensive as well. Other than the unit I was given, I have never seen another Hulltimo product in use. I believe the original company was sold and is now call Hulltimo Mauritius.



Hulltimo Mauritius - Hulltimo Smart Robot

[unclemack]

So now they're stealing ideas from inside my head before I've even thought of them

Note to self: buy more tinfoil.

Remora. Coincidence? I think not.

[fstbttms]

Originally Posted by unclemack

Remora. Coincidence? I think not.

It's not to late to invest. I did.

[boatman61]

Rehearsal for Merkel...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5ya_Gq8d4Q

[Kenomac]

We have no problems doing the work ourselves in Italy today. California was an expensive endeavor to have a shipyard do the bottom paint. It cost $1800 six years ago to have a single coat done up in Saucalito,CA on our Hunter 45ft boat with all the environmental BS additional costs. This summer, I'll paint the bottom myself on a 54 foot boat in three hours for less than 220€ Or around $250.