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Pedro Live aboard – Caribbean
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Piota North Scotland |
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Re: Copper epoxy/copper treatment|
Reged: 16/05/2001 Posts: 4356 Loc: North Wales, sailing in Mediterranean |
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Re: Copper Coat on drying mooring, Chichest Harbour ?|
Peel, Isle of Man. |
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I’ve used Coppercoat™ on two boats and have been pleased with the results. It does pretty much what it says on the…er…plastic bottle. |
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Dhowdodger Arabian Gulf |
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Re: Copper epoxy/copper treatment|
Doffy Suffolk |
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Re: DIY copper-enriched antifoul – interim report: So far so good|
grafozz
regular Reged: 11/01/2004
Posts: 115 Loc: kefalonia ,greece
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great product no problems after 4 years, and we dont come out for a spray off – all you doubters eat your hearts out – 10 – 15 years between anti fouls must be good news – best £600 spent on boating ever. |
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Crianza East Coast |
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gianenrico |
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I applied CCoat on a virgin hull, after cleaning, washing and preparing it for the application. After one year in Marina di Carrara (Italy) harbour, where mussel grow happily over the warps and moorings, I experienced NO mussels, very few algae, some 1 mm barnacles a a few patches of “white coral”. All was removed while bathing with the hard plastic side of a 3M Scotchbrite pad. Previous boat with 3 hands of AF on the bottom and 4 on the water line would have had a few undred kilos of barnacles, mussels and vegetation. |
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Jonny H Fleetwood |
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We just bought a boat with Copperbot (now called Coppercoat™) – again 10 years old. The owners said its fine still. They have a small tub of mix which they use to each winter to patch up areas which are very thin. They then just rub the whole hull over with a brillo pad.
We did the same thing (we bought her out of the water) – touched in the parts the surveyor had scraped with some more Coppercoat™ – and launched her. Seems ok so far.
The one thing I would think about was when to rub the hull over (ours was done in December and not launched until March – I think this is too long and it may loose effectiveness – next year I will give her a good rub down the day she goes in)
Jonny
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bilbobaggins Aqua Sulis |
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Reged: 11/11/2007
Posts: 3 Loc: Chichester |
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Re: Coppercoat Anti Fouling |
Mine was put on in 1999 and still comes up like new. Nice and smooth… No real growth in a season, certainly not worse than traditional antifoul
In terms of after care, all I do is a quick flick over with some wet and dry every other year to re-excite it. It Seems a lot less work than “normal” anti foul.
Not sure of the economics but I guess if you are looking to keep her for a few years it will pay for itself?… cant harm the resale value either.
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Shanty Scotland – Black Isle |
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10/07/2006 17:30 |
Re: Copper epoxy/copper treatment|
Shanty is now in her seventh season since being Copper coated. It’s still going strong – just needs a quick blast with the pressure washer at crane out to shift a light coat of slime, and a light rub down in the spring before crane in. A great system – go for it.
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Swagman Mediterranean |
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18/11/2005 11:02 |
Re: Antifouling paint|
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weydog Weymouth UK |
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Re: coppercoat antifouling 09/08/2005 22:47 |
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I bought a boat in 2003, which had been copperbot’ed (now called Coppercoat™) in 1998. She was lifted and cleaned for survey in 2003 – I didn’t see the state of the hull before cleaning -, and again in 2005 (two seasons’ worth in Weymouth harbour – shame on me)
Props, rudder and keel which had been painted with conventional antifoul were covered in barnacles and tube worms, and even a rather nice orange sponge, but the hull which had been copperbotted was completely free of any hard fouling – it just had some slimy green algal growth which came off clean with a pressure washer.
Can’t say if it will last the ten years, but going strong after seven.
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KevB
regular Reged: 04/07/2001
Posts: 5342 Loc: London |
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Re: Coppercoat Anti Fouling|
I did it about three years ago on the recommendations of Mr Bale and for once he got something right. I would also recommend it. It does what it says on the tin (or pot and bag…..) ——————–
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scarlett
regular Reged: 21/12/2002
Posts: 1095 Loc: French Canals 2007 on, |
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Re: copper coat |
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I put mine on in 2002, based in Greece; now in the French canals. A few barnacles for last seven months in salt water but still good. Never abraded. As to hot weather, the problem that I had was putting it on before the material goes too hard to paint, especially on the side of the hull in the sun. Plan your project with care.
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Galadriel Chichester Harbour |
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07/12/2005 18:30 |
Re: Copper antifoulings|
We applied Coppercoat™, a DIY application in March of 2005. Coppercoat™ was applied over two coats of ME100 epoxy coating. The reason for our choice was:
The cost of lift out/relaunch etc plus normal antifouling IS expensive, not to mention all the hard work of applying the stuff.
We wanted to leave the boat in the water all year round, hence the epoxy barrier.
Why chose Coppercoat™? Well, a good friend of mine had Coppercoat™ applied to his new boat professionally two years ago. He had it applied professionally as the boat had to be launched in Feb and the only way to get the boat undercover was to contract out the job. He used Coppercoat™ as it had worked very well, DIY applied on his previous boat for many years. A good recommendation.
When we put our boat onto the scrubbing piles in Sept there was a little weed at the water line and some slime. The weed was most evident on the bow facing the sun. The slime was much the same we used to get on our Blakes eroding antifoul. 20 minutes or so with a pressure washer had all the slim off, back to a clean hull.
For me it looks like it works. At least this winter there will be no antifouling routine with the associated cost. The whole job, for blasting, ME100 epoxy and the Coppercoat™ came out at about £1500 for a 35ft boat, plus two days over a weekend for application. If you are lucky enough to have a yard that will lift your boat cheaply, then Coppercoat™ may not provide much of a saving, but for me the whole exercise will be covered within three years. |
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sabertooth Vale of Glamorgan |
Hi cascars, I took my mates advice and used Coppercoat™ and have had no problems with it the 3 yrs it’s been on except for a bit of slime when she has sat for a while. you have to key the hull and taking a sander to your pride and joy is a bit daunting lucky for me she was 2nd hand when I got mine my mates was brand spanking warrior 175 |
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ChrisKaye Wiltshire |
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Re: Epoxy/coppercoat contractors – Gosport|
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Galadriel |
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Cuprotect not that great then?|
A report in Feb YM by Dick Durham says that the Cuprotect that was applied to ‘Powder Monkey’, his Contessa 32, has not worked, in fact much slim and weed has also helped barnacles to grow in several areas. This is despite the boat being kept in a fast flowing tidal stream. Interesting, because I had thought about Cuprotect before using Coppercoat™. Whilst in what was recognised as a particularly bad year for fouling, 2 boats including ours that I know of using Coppercoat™, only suffered heavy silting plus weed at the water line, this is despite being kept in a marina with brackish water. Not bad seeing that Coppercoat™ cost me less than a third the price of the Cuprotect,
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pessimist |
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Coppercoat|
Hauled out at the weekend after fifteen months in the water. This is the first haul out after the application of Coppercoat™ and I’m impressed. The boat was barely used last year and has (so far
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Brightside
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Topic: Hints and Tips from Brightside |
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CoppercoatV Antifouling. The boat came out after 8 months and was cleaned easily with a hose, deck scrubber and scourer. Only a couple of barnacles. A jet blaster was not needed. A boatyard hand at Cowes told me he loves the stuff because the bottoms are so easy to clean.
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Mor Magh Surrey |
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Re: Copper bottomed – is the jury still out?|
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Jelly Member Country: UK – England Town: Saltash, Cornwall Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 615 |
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KUDU
Sub Lieutenant |
Posted: 20 September 2006 at 14:53 |
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Mike, I have just put Coppercoat™ onto my new 400. The surface was abraded slightly before the boat went into the water to ensure that the copper beads in the epoxy were exposed. After a few days the waterline was green. This is caused by the copper reacting with the water and shows that it is working. If it doesn’t change colour at all, I would suggest that not enough copper has been exposed. After 3 weeks in Dartmouth I cannot see any growth. In the same time our log has stopped working completely. When I took it out (wet!) I found that the whole unit was a writhing mass of life, tiny weed fronds and 1-2 mm long shrimp like beasties. Does any one know of an antifouling compound or medium to stop this? Geoff |
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Tonka Member Country: UK – Scotland Occupation: s/e safety boat skip Join Date: Apr 2004 |
have Coppercoat™ on my rib as well in water all year and hull is still clean |
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jcmmarine
regular Reged: 07/05/2006 Posts: 657 Loc: Gosport/Europe |
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Re: Copper anti fouling|
I’ve copperbotted and would certainly recommend. ——————–
John Sailing is for fun, Engines are for going places. |
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Garygee Member Country: UK – England Town: Great Harwood, Lancs Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 626 |
Hi Robert
I used an epoxy based Coppercoat™.
Have read mixed reports about it and it was expensive, but once done thats it for 10 years plus.
Did it, and after 9 months there is zero growth so it looks like it works for me.
Did not do the outdrive which needs cleaning off every month or two. May antifoul this next summer.
Regards Gary
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