How Long in the Water ?

[FraidNot]

Been a year since last haul out. Rubbing the hull each month or so - not a huge jub to keep it pretty clean.
How long is the longest you have had her in the water without a haul-out, clean and renew antifoul?

[speciald@ocens.]

3 years is my routine schedule. I have the running gear cleaned and zincs changed as needed. I use a hard ablative paint - 2 1/2 coats.

[mintyspilot]

Originally Posted by speciald@ocens.

I use a hard ablative paint - 2 1/2 coats.

How do you paint 1/2 a coat?

[highseas]

With 1/2 a brush?Just helped my friend haul my old Fraser 30 after 5 years,not a blemish on that hull, it is perfect.It only has a tiny zinc on the outboard.

[svHyLyte]

We use 2 coats of Petit Ultima SR--with a 3rd at the water line--on the bottom. We give the hull a scrub once a month with a chunk of discarded carpet to keep it clean and we easily get 3 years between haul-outs here in southwest Florida. Frankly we coud go longer but we like to have a good inspection of the running gear etc.

FWIW...