Coppercoat 14 years in the Med

We are often asked about Coppercoat’s performance in the higher fouling areas of The Mediterranean. This is a quote from a marine forum from somebody who has been to some of these higher fouling areas. Makes interesting reading!

“For the past five years, we’ve lived aboard the boat, which has Coppercoat on the hull but not the keel. We lifted out after two years to a lot of soft growth (after being static for the winter), again the following winter to a mix of soft growth and worms, all removed by jet wash. We abraded the then 12 year old CC with wet and dry, as recommended.

The following year, after winter in San Carles, a renowned high fouling marina, the bottom had the usual coat of slime but no worm growth: in comparison, the through hull fittings and Saildrive leg were both covered in mussels to the extent that the head outlets were both blocked.
Our next lift out was eighteen months later in Preveza: again only slime and some soft growth, no hard fouling (barnacles or worm).

The CC is now 14 years old and has eroded away near to the sink outlets and is noticeably thin in a few other areas, so we will be using 240 grit abrasive to key the old stuff and applying new this year before relaunch.

Direct cost savings for us are not needing to anti foul every year plus removing the labour of preparing the hull and applying the wretched paint, apart from the keel.”