OK, assuming now I need bottom paint, and I don’t want to do it myself, where in the SF Bay Area would be a good place to do it? I live in Sonoma County, but I could drop the boat off somewhere to do it. Daniel Rich M15 #208 "Kestrel" danielgrich@gmail.com
Daniel Why not pay a Diving Service to scrub the bottom every few weeks? Not expensive at all. They use a sponge mostly and just a coat of waterproof automotive wax on the bottom before you splash her. I pay $35 bucks a month for my 28 footer at Dana Point Marina. Probably a 15 would cost $20 bucks...? These services are quite busy just scrubbing boat bottoms. Be well Bob Sent from my iPad
On Aug 15, 2015, at 9:06 AM, Daniel Rich <danielgrich@gmail.com> wrote:
OK, assuming now I need bottom paint, and I don’t want to do it myself, where in the SF Bay Area would be a good place to do it? I live in Sonoma County, but I could drop the boat off somewhere to do it.
Daniel Rich M15 #208 "Kestrel" danielgrich@gmail.com
Do not wax your boat below the waterline. Wax slows the boat down. Check out this Harkin product: antifoul hullkote - http://www.mclubemarine.com/antifoulpolish/ The above is something to consider to make your boat a bit quicker, or to slow the growth on the bottom. This stuff will not work like a true antifoul and I would not recommend it for a boat in the water for more than 3 or so weeks. Probably make clean up of a boat that was in the water easier. If you're in saltwater you just need to antifoul the boat if in the water for more than 2 or 3 weeks. Or pull the boat out and power wash off every 2 to 3 weeks and put it back in. :: Dave Scobie Daniel Why not pay a Diving Service to scrub the bottom every few weeks? Not expensive at all. They use a sponge mostly and just a coat of waterproof automotive wax on the bottom before you splash her. I pay $35 bucks a month for my 28 footer at Dana Point Marina. Probably a 15 would cost $20 bucks...? These services are quite busy just scrubbing boat bottoms. Be well Bob Sent from my iPad
On Aug 15, 2015, at 9:06 AM, Daniel Rich <danielgrich@gmail.com> wrote:
OK, assuming now I need bottom paint, and I don’t want to do it myself, where in the SF Bay Area would be a good place to do it? I live in Sonoma County, but I could drop the boat off somewhere to do it.
Daniel Rich M15 #208 "Kestrel" danielgrich@gmail.com
For an M-17 on a trailer, how do you go about effectively power washing or anti-foul polishing when the trailer is in the way? Boat stands, I would bet, but that must be a trick as well, getting the boat onto stands. Gail and Jim Forestville CA New owners of Hydeway 2 M17 2005 vintage. We managed to get her rigged on land, and took her out under power at Bodega Bay today, after an aborted effort yesterday not knowing how to get the furler set up. Got that fixed today, thanks to your help, however, we decided not to raise the sails today as it was getting later. Thinking about putting her in the water at Bodega Bay for a few weeks if we can get a slip. Gail On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 4:09 PM, Dave Scobie <scoobscobie@gmail.com> wrote:
Do not wax your boat below the waterline. Wax slows the boat down.
Check out this Harkin product: antifoul hullkote -
http://www.mclubemarine.com/antifoulpolish/
The above is something to consider to make your boat a bit quicker, or to slow the growth on the bottom. This stuff will not work like a true antifoul and I would not recommend it for a boat in the water for more than 3 or so weeks. Probably make clean up of a boat that was in the water easier. If you're in saltwater you just need to antifoul the boat if in the water for more than 2 or 3 weeks. Or pull the boat out and power wash off every 2 to 3 weeks and put it back in.
:: Dave Scobie Daniel
Why not pay a Diving Service to scrub the bottom every few weeks? Not expensive at all.
They use a sponge mostly and just a coat of waterproof automotive wax on the bottom before you splash her.
I pay $35 bucks a month for my 28 footer at Dana Point Marina. Probably a 15 would cost $20 bucks...? These services are quite busy just scrubbing boat bottoms.
Be well
Bob
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On Aug 15, 2015, at 9:06 AM, Daniel Rich <danielgrich@gmail.com> wrote:
OK, assuming now I need bottom paint, and I don’t want to do it myself, where in the SF Bay Area would be a good place to do it? I live in Sonoma County, but I could drop the boat off somewhere to do it.
Daniel Rich M15 #208 "Kestrel" danielgrich@gmail.com
Ahoy, Kestrel. I used stands for my 17 but have since sold them. Now I run a line from a sheet winch down to the trailer to hold the boat up and jack up the keep just a bit to take the load off the bunkboard on the opposite side you put the line from the trailer to the sheet winch. Once you have weight off the board you can remove it and since the boat is jacked up a bit you can catch most of the underside of the keel. Repeat for the opposite side. Once that is done you can shift the boat back on the trailer so you can lower the board between two cross members on the trailer and paint it. OR you can go to a boatyard and have them raise the boat on slings and paint everything you can reach, then resling it to reach where the slings were the first time. Whatever you do, go slow and be safe. 15's are only about 750#'s so it should be a lot easier than doing a seventeen hundred pound 17. On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 9:46 PM, Gail Russell <gail@zeliga.com> wrote:
For an M-17 on a trailer, how do you go about effectively power washing or anti-foul polishing when the trailer is in the way?
Boat stands, I would bet, but that must be a trick as well, getting the boat onto stands.
Gail and Jim Forestville CA New owners of Hydeway 2 M17 2005 vintage.
We managed to get her rigged on land, and took her out under power at Bodega Bay today, after an aborted effort yesterday not knowing how to get the furler set up. Got that fixed today, thanks to your help, however, we decided not to raise the sails today as it was getting later. Thinking about putting her in the water at Bodega Bay for a few weeks if we can get a slip.
Gail
On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 4:09 PM, Dave Scobie <scoobscobie@gmail.com> wrote:
Do not wax your boat below the waterline. Wax slows the boat down.
Check out this Harkin product: antifoul hullkote -
http://www.mclubemarine.com/antifoulpolish/
The above is something to consider to make your boat a bit quicker, or to slow the growth on the bottom. This stuff will not work like a true antifoul and I would not recommend it for a boat in the water for more than 3 or so weeks. Probably make clean up of a boat that was in the water easier. If you're in saltwater you just need to antifoul the boat if in the water for more than 2 or 3 weeks. Or pull the boat out and power wash off every 2 to 3 weeks and put it back in.
:: Dave Scobie Daniel
Why not pay a Diving Service to scrub the bottom every few weeks? Not expensive at all.
They use a sponge mostly and just a coat of waterproof automotive wax on the bottom before you splash her.
I pay $35 bucks a month for my 28 footer at Dana Point Marina. Probably a 15 would cost $20 bucks...? These services are quite busy just scrubbing boat bottoms.
Be well
Bob
Sent from my iPad
On Aug 15, 2015, at 9:06 AM, Daniel Rich <danielgrich@gmail.com> wrote:
OK, assuming now I need bottom paint, and I don’t want to do it myself, where in the SF Bay Area would be a good place to do it? I live in Sonoma County, but I could drop the boat off somewhere to do it.
Daniel Rich M15 #208 "Kestrel" danielgrich@gmail.com
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