Thank you. This is very helpful. Sent from my iPhone - please excuse any typos and the brevity of my response. On May 17, 2020, at 3:22 PM, John Schinnerer via montgomery_boats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote: For fresh water, you don't need to use saltwater type bottom paint. The life forms that adhere seriously to a hull mostly don't exist in freshwater lakes, and sometimes even less so in reservoirs like Don Pedro. You may get a light coating of 'lake slime' over the course of months, depending on algae and muck and whatnot in the water, but it typically scrubs off easily when you pull her out. Even in Klamath Lake, which is algae soup most of the time, it's just a slime layer, nothing like marine life that actually grabs on and digs in. One guy I've seen at Fern Ridge reservoir (Oregon) has an M15 in a slip all season - he cleans it before he hauls out, by heeling it over sideways in the slip, first one way then the other, and scrubbing with brush on extension pole from the slip fingers. cheers, John
On 5/17/20 1:30 PM, Rich Cottrell wrote: After many years of trailering to Lake Don Pedro I've just leased a slip through September to make it much simpler for a 79 year old. Should I apply something to the bottom of my M15 prior to putting the boat in the water for four months? Thanks, Rich Cottrell "Really"
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