Posts Tagged ‘Coppercoat Antifouling on test’
Real world experience of Coppercoat on an Albin Ballad.
We have just been sent a nice blog entry from a Coppercoat customer. A real world test that’s worth a read if you are contemplating Coppercoat. http://www.albinballad.co.uk/technology/coppercoat/
More CoverageCoppercoat® joins the Facebook generation.
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…
More CoverageCoppercoat™ vs a conventional Antifoul
The Medway (or as it’s known locally, The Mudway!) is a notoriously bad area in the UK for marine fouling. The following picture was posted on a well known yachting forum. It is rare to have Coppercoat™ tested against a traditional antifoul on the same boat. By the way, Coppercoat™ is the clean product on the…
More CoverageIs Coppercoat™ worth its metal?
Two weeks ago Jayson Kenny and I visited Cobb’s Quay Marina in Poole to check on three boats he and I originally painted with our Coppercoat™ multi-season anti-fouling way back in the winter of 1993/4. I am delighted to report that all three are performing faultlessly some 17 years on! The Coppercoat™ applied all those…
More CoverageCoppercoat™ customer makes contact after 17 years
As you can imagine with boats changing hands over the years, it is difficult to keep track of some of the first boats treated with Coppercoat™, nearly 20 years ago. However at the 2010 London Boat Show it was my pleasure to meet up with Robert and Ann Burns, who’s 27ft Albin Vega was treated…
More CoveragePractical Boat Owner (Britain's biggest selling boating magazine) toasts the success of Coppercoat™!
In the December 2007 edition of Practical Boat Owner, the editor Sarah Norbury extolls the virtues of Coppercoat after a 14-year test on her family boat, a Starlight 39.
More CoverageCoppercoat™ wins approval from Sunseeker International!
The results have arrived from Coppercoat trials undertaken on two new Sunseeker 82 Yachts in Dubai. When these new boats arrived
More CoverageCoppercoat™ wins Environment Agency approval after 7-year trial!
In 1999 the Environment Agency applied Coppercoat™ to a 10m RIB to test its credentials and feasibility as a ‘green’ anti-foul. In October 2006 the RIB was lifted for the first time and Mark Warmsley, Transport Manager, said: “As the environment agency we are keen to use products that minimize the impact on the marine…
More CoverageCoppercoat™ Wins Again
The 35ft Warwick Collins yacht ‘Moonlighting’ skippered by Martin Chilver-Stainer came 1st in Class in the recent 2006 Round the Isle of Wight Race. By finishing second overall, ‘Moonlighting’ also won the Fidelis Trophy. This yacht was originally treated with Coppercoat™ in 1996, and while the keel and rudder were treated with fresh Coppercoat™ earlier…
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