"Coppercoat" Bottom Paint

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Teke's Pride
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"Coppercoat" Bottom Paint

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Does anyone have any experience with "Coppercoat" bottom paint?
Clark Myers
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Re: "Coppercoat" Bottom Paint

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I have Coppercoat on my Freedom 38 since spring 2006. Wonderful product, a bit of extensive work to
put it on, but then you're done.
Winters are pretty mild here. Boat stays in the water year round. She was hauled '09 for adjusting the prop.
She only needed some brushing for cleaning, no need for high pressure as usual. When swimming I just clean the waterline once a year.
I can certainly recommend it.

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Hans Hansen, Makkum,The Netherlands.
Freedom 45AC #47 "Scherezade".

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Re: "Coppercoat" Bottom Paint

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Hans,

Thank you for the review!

I sail on a fresh water lake in northern Alabama. I have recently found a wet slip at my marina at $75 a year less than storing my F21 on its trailer at the same marina. That means I need to paint the bottom as the anti-fowling paint the original owner put on the boat is over 10 years old and reduced to pokadots. I plan on scrubbing the remaining paint off; inspecting the hull & keel for damage; making any necessary repairs; at least one new coat of barrier coating (the hull already has 2 coats under the old AF paint); and then new AF paint.

I have narrowed my product selection down to either Pettit's "Vivid" or the "Coppercoat" from CoppercoatUSA.

Fair winds!
Clark Myers
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F21 #345

Black Finn
F40 AC CK #41

Browns Creek Sailing Association
Guntersville, AL
http://www.youtube.com/LambdaZetaTeke

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