Best bottom paint for a cruising sailboat in Long Island sound?

[Captain Larry-DH]

I’ve been keeping sailboats in Long Island Sound since 1977 and tried many ablative bottom paints over the years. The only one that didn’t need a diver at least once a month to wipe off the slime was Micron 66, but that had other issues.
EPA regulations and paint formulations have changed over the years, some paints have come and gone, companies have changed hands, and some formulations have probably changed without changing the name of the paint.
Nobody seems to be testing except PS, but their recent tests (in brackish upper Chesapeake and Florida waters) are not relevant in LIS waters, which are a very high growth area due to pollution from dense population and runoff from NYC, suburban lawns, fertilizer etc.
For the last few years I’ve used Pettit Hydrocoat SR (when SR is available) and I’m not happy with the performance. The picture below was at haulout after one year of year-round use from CT to Maine to the Bahamas and back. It had been cleaned by a diver just 5 weeks prior to haulout!
Who (specifically in LIS) is happy with your bottom paint, and what do you use? Ablatives preferred.

 

[dlochner]

Not specific to LIS, however I did spend sometime on the Sound. I've been very disappointed with the TotalBoat ablative paint. It seemed to do fine up north in cold water, however, once we hit LIS in September including too much time in Marion, MA and several wonderful days at Mystic Seaport, the growth took off. The bottom was cleaned of foot long growth in Mid-October down on the Chesapeake and 10 days after cleaning the growth was back in full force. The ablative paint also seem to ablate rapidly, much faster than I would have expected. By the time I had the boat hauled, two coats of paint had worn off in spots.

We just had 2 coats of Petitt Odessey 60 applied here in Brunswick GA. The yard manager says the locals get a couple of seasons out of it. We'll see how it does after we get back from the Bahamas in a few months.

 

[PaulK]

Each harbor will be somewhat different because of the temperatures, water flows, salinity and runoff. We used Micron CSC for 25 years on our J/36 in a Connecticut tidal river. With cleaning by a diver about every other week during the racing season we'd end up with just a slight fuzz at haul out. The Sabre we now have has a different paint which also seems to work well. Will find out what the yard is using.