We first used Coppercoat nearly 25 years ago on one of our High performance Dazcat catamarans, since then our use of Coppercoat has continued to increase to the point where we now offer Coppercoat on all of our new builds. It seems madness not to apply Coppercoat to a new build when you have a clean hull fresh out of the mould. It only takes a few more hours to apply then traditional options on a new hull and will last for many years.
As a boatbuilder we face many challenges, logistical, technical, environmental etc and including Coppercoat in our builds helps in all these departments. Traditionally antifoul, a dirty job is applied in the few days before delivery just when the rest of the boat is being cleaned to an inch of its life so not ideal. On the other hand we are able to apply Coppercoat months before delivery if necessary avoiding this conflict.
We produce High speed ,custom builds and have found that the hard epoxy finish of Coppercoat doesn’t blunt the performance of our craft in the same way that traditional ablative antifoul does. After burnishing the Coppercoat, our boats have exceptionally smooth hulls which can only help them sail at 20kts plus more frequently.
Looking after the environment is as important to us as it is to our customers and unlike applying traditional antifoul when our build shed has to be evacuated for the day, unless we antifoul at night!!! the unique water based nature of Coppercoat means that everyone can keep working in a fume free environment ?
Owning a fast multihull can mean that traditional antifoul erodes more quickly than usual, this is not a problem with abrasion resistant, long life Coppercoat that can be simply scrubbed at low tide also negating the need to lift a vessel with a beam that can exceed 25 ft!
For all of the reasons above as well as significantly less damaging chemicals leaching off into our environment, Coppercoat is the right choice for so many reasons.
Kind regards
Simon Baker
Director, Multimarine Manufacturing Ltd
