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Later than most I know, but finally we have joined Facebook. This regularly updated site contains all the latest news and pictures relating to Coppercoat®, as well as a smattering of more general (and boating) stories. If you are Facebook subscriber, log on to http://www.facebook.com/antifoul . And if you like it, don’t forget to click…
As many of you will have seen in the past, there are always a good number of new boats treated with Coppercoat™ at boat shows all around the world. During a quiet five minutes at the recent London International Boat show, I took the opportunity to take a few pictures of some of the boats…
We were delighted to welcome Sir Robin Knox-Johnston on the Coppercoat stand on Wednesday, who was interested in celebrating with us how pleased he is with the Coppercoat applications currently taking place on the fleet of Clipper 68 ft racing yachts. To keep up to date with the current Clipper Race follow this link. https://www.clipperroundtheworld.com/…
We have always had a strong following amongst the leisure boating community, with most Coppercoat® treated boats being between 25 and 45ft in length. But increasingly Coppercoat® is being used by larger leisure boats and super-yachts. In the last month alone Coppercoat® has been applied to the 49m motor-yacht “T6” in New Zealand and a…
Mario, who has had Coppercoat on his yacht for 10 years (kept in a high fouling area of the Mediterranean) sent us this nice picture showing what Coppercoat looks like in service. The verdigris green colour can vary in hue, according to local conditions.
At the recent London Boat Show it was great to catch up with old customers, Sue and Stuart from Sails and Summits, who Coppercoated their Dufour 455 “Esseness” 3 years ago. They were planning on lifting her out for her first lift since being treated and promised to send us pictures of the results. Whilst…
The world renowned independent testing and research facility Plymouth Marine Laboratory Applications Ltd (with over 500 global partners) has recently published the results of their 5 year anti-foul trial.
Over the years there have been many copies of Coppercoat. As can been from this picture, the performance is NOT the same! This test panel has been in the River Dart for 20 months. In case you hadn’t guessed, Coppercoat® is on the left!
Yesterday I had the rare opportunity to enjoy a sunny afternoon at Dell Quay Yacht Yard. Whilst there I took a few pictures of some of the boats present using Coppercoat®. These boats included the owner of the yards personal fishing boat and a yacht I remember supplying 20 years ago. I was pleased to…
We were recently contacted by the owner of a Coppercoated® boat, “Mardi Gras”, that he believed had been treated around 12 years ago, by a previous owner. We happened to remember that his boat was previously owned by the (then) Commodore of Christchurch Sailing Club. The boat was actually treated in 1992, over 20 years ago! We…