@Dale Haz , if I may suggest, your first step is to sit down and learn about bottom paints. Not a steep curve but you've got a long way to go. Same as
ALL THE REST OF US ! ! ! !
As already suggested, a hard paint makes no sense as far as service goes and it does not work to paint hard over ablative, as already pointed out.
Right, it all comes off at least down to the barrier coat, that too if required
Do you have any idea how much work is involved to clean, prepare and apply a barrier coat to a 33 ft. hull ? I thought not. More than that, what indicators do you have that tell you your boat even has a barrier coat ? If it is there, I can only suggest you keep it if at all possible.
As mentioned, I doubt any cruisers in the PNW scrub their hulls between haul outs unless they are into racing. Take a look at these two discussion from a while back
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I'm a new boat owner. Bought a Beneteau 37 (2009). I didn't realize it initially but the survey report says the prop annode should be replaced. Long story but I called a dive company in the area and scheduled to have it done. The problem is my marina won't let them do the work without $2...
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I recently became involved in a discussion here about bottom paint and was called out for stating that I was getting six to seven years out of an application of bottom paint. "Impossible" he said. I knew it was a hell of a lot better than my previous applications of Micron CSC but didn't think...
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