Coppercoat application and performance in the Atlantic.
I found this write up on Coppercoat application and performance in the Atlantic. This shows how one person can relatively easily Coppercoat a 35 foot sailing yacht on their own, in one day.
"It works.
Applied as solo DIY project in Plymouth when bought boat - May 2009.
One roller - just keep going round and round, mixing paint when it runs out, until its all used up. If you have two people then two rollers etc . . . I did 35ft long keel boat in a day single handed. Roller in skip when finished.
Taken ashore for the first time in Sept 2015. Up to then pressure wash on hard between tides to remove slime.
Last pressure wash was April 2014, then sailed to Azores. Scrubbed hull from pontoon and by snorkelling autumn 2014 and spring 2015. On lifting out Sept 2015 only slime on hull. Sole exception was a small patch just down stream from the fridge cooling plate that had a solid block of small barnacles as did the bronze cooling plate itself. They probably colonised the bronze first then spread. This would be an area of warmer water when berthed. By contrast the bronze prop looked like a coral reef, which explained reduced motoring speed and doubled fuel consumption.
I am happy with the performance of CC and ease of only having to wash off from time to time. Strangely, slime growth was greater in Orkney and Scottish waters with sea temp around 10C than in the Azores. Both areas with clean clear Atlantic water.