What is the opinion of other boat users on the merits of antifouling the Legs. I moor in lowestoft and had a lot of problems with worm like growth on the legs this year.
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 Sorry, David, no experience of legs, but in general terms you need to antifoul everything below the waterline. Sorry not to be able to be more help! Cathy
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Has anyone used or heard of an antifoul called EU45 available on the net @£47.95 for 2.1/2 litres is it any good?
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What antifoul do you use? How well does it work? Please let us have your comments, either as a User Review, or a post on this forum thread. It would be useful information for anybody going out to buy antifoul for 2007.
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Currently using Blakes, not bad this season. In fact I have to say it has performed very well. I usually dry out at least twice during the season and scrub down/up; not so this year. I have tried most antifouling on the market over the past 30 years and moor in an area with high build up of barnacles who appear to thrive on the cheap stuff, you get what you pay for! Lee ho! John.
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Hi John, thanks for that. Which Blakes - eg Ocean Performer, Titan?
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Hi John
Thanks for that I have never tryed Blakes. I will give it o go this year.
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Cathy and David, it was two coats of Blakes Tiger Extra Blue. applied by the boatyard, they assured me that they carefully prepared the job, usually its DIY for me with help of son and daughter but in a hurry this year to get from South Coast to North Shetland to enjoy the Summer Dim. Lee Ho! John
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Thanks John
Good luck with the trip to North Shetland
Dave
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 We're trying 2 coats of International Micron 66 (3 coats on leading edges) over a rubbed back hull prepared with International Primocon. The hope is that we'll get two years service from it (on the Clyde & West coast)and that its self polishing characteristic will keep the performance of the boat up without too much maintenance. Anyone out there tried this? did it live up to your expectations & was it worth the hilarious cost?
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HI apparently if you mix roundup weed killer with any anti fouling it is fantastic it works on east coast ?
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HI have just heard about mixing ROUNDUP weed killer with blakes apparently locals do do iton east coast with FANATASTIC results?
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It may work but it is extremely dangerous and highly illegal.
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18/02/08 09:52
 Perhaps we should do like William Dampier and his Priviateer friends-they seemed to beach and careen their sailing ships every few weeks no doubt to maintain their speed.-and if you are into Pirates of the Caribbean go and read the real thing in Dampiers Voyage around the world c 1670s Phil
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18/02/08 17:59
Roundup - does it work, if so sounds wonderful, as the standard (any manufacturer) paints are all worse than useless! By the way it is not illegal at all. I have checked, it is just illegal to either commercially manufacture paint with banned substances or to sell paint with banned suubstances, but on your own boat you can put anything you like on it. With a friend I have been contemplating a mild radio-active isotope, but we decided that rubbing it down next year might be a bit dodgy! I am told a teaspoonful of arsenic (which of course is a tin like TBT) in a litre can works well too, but where do you get it. Has anyone any guidance as to how much roundup one mixes in!
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I have used Teamac type D on my boat which is moored off Starcross on the Exe. It is by far the best I have come accross and for those in the West Country it is a bargain at Trago Mills.
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Hi Davids, actually the legality is complex, but a yacht owner can be in trouble if his antifoul contains non Health and Safety Executive approved active ingredient wherever the paint came from and can face a large fine and be forced to remove the offending paint. Otherwise we could all add copious amounts of the banned TBT (which is actually freely available if you know where to look) to a cheap antifoul and solve all the problems. TBT was banned not only for it's detrimental effects on the marine environment but also for the carcinogenic risks to to the people using products containing it, so unless you are a chemist be very careful with the things you mix with your paint.
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I would be worried about mixing anything with antifoul because of the risk of incompatibility. A few years ago a friend of mine had the bright idea of mixing what was left of last year's antifoul with the new he had just bought - same premium brand and seemingly identical labels - and it all went very hot and then set solid in the tin! As it costs so much to start with, that's an expensive risk I wouldn't want to take!
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In my experience it is essential to antifoul the legs. I use Trilux on my aluminium drives and it keeps the legs clear of growth for a whole season. Make sure that you do not get antifoul on the anodes. Some people antifoul the props but I do not bother as a quick turn of the props clears any fouling. A friend of mine keeps his boat on the River Crouch and the fouling is awful so he has to antifoul the legs otherwise they would be covered in growth and barnacles.
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