Fouled prop

[bob stroud]

Sailing on the Chesapeake I have each year had barnacles etc. on my prop. I saw a boat recently with bottom paint on the prop that looked pretty good. Anybody tried this? or do you have another solution?

 

[Michael Cohn]

Unfortunately

I put bottom paint on the prop of my H45 - unfortunately, it tends to come off fairly quickly.Best solution seems to be regular maintenance by a diver..MC

 

[Stephen Ostrander]

prop paint

I don't have this problem here in the Great Lakes, but my buddy in FL paints his prop. You have to use some kind of special primer to etch the brass befor you can put the anti-fouling paint on. I don't have details because, as I said, I've never done this.

 

[Mark Whitson]

Teflon grease

I too have painted my prop but since the paint is ablative it wears off fairly quickly as mike said. So I end up diving my boat about once a month to knock them off. But the sea nettles in the Chesapeake make that hard to do sometimes.I just read an article where the person used teflon grease on his prop. Those little suckers supposedly couldn't get a good grip to stay on. I'm going to try tht next year.

 

[Alex]

International Prop paint works for me..

I tried various option over the years, now on my 29,5 ; Now I use the special formulated Primer+hard Antifouling paint by International (it is white coloured) for propellers and S-drives .It works quit good if correctly applied,incl special primer, but still Iess than the soft antifouling paint on the body.While the hull paint is effective for about 2 years ( I keep my boat in the water year around, in East Mediteranean , warm and salty water)the propeller paint is effective for about one to one and a half year . Anyway I dive once a month or two , to freshen the paint around water-line, rudder , shaft and propeller , by lightly going over with a sponge.It is longer than I got for the propeller with any other alternative I tried.