Keeping the boat in water all summer

[feejer]

I see some of you keep your boat moored. With a convention fiberglass gel coat hull you must prep and paint the bottom even it fresh water. With the ABS "plastic" hull, what are you folks doing for protection? Hunter does not have any info on the web site that pertains to this.

 

[Bill O'Donovan]

Ablative paint

Two coats should do it. Beauty is that the first coat tends to wash off over the season, even with a diver cleaning the hull every month as we do here on the Chesapeake Bay. It costs more than rare Scotch, so don't kick the bucket.

 

[feejer]

Ablative paint

Did'nt think the speed you get from one of these little guys was high enough for Ablative paint. Well, their goes my theory of not having to paint a plastic boat. I'll stick with trailering...

 

[G Kuffner]

Bottom Paint for H216

Itried a bottom anti-fouling wax on my H216 which is in the water all season. While it was better than nothing it was only partially effective. Luckily for me my dealer included bottom paint in the purchase agreement and He arranged to have the bottom painted. He checked with Hunter Composits and used VC17 - 2 coates. They first cleaned the hull and lightly sanded it befor painting. I am very impressed with the service from Angua Yachts of Toronto. Gary

 

[david]

paint?

I have a 170 and I am big into low maintenance. I had no idea that one would paint a boat of this material. I left my boat moored all summer. Recently capsized it to try out the float, saw a little alge (it has been in the water since May) on the bottom, scrubbed it while I had it over, with a scrub brush - seemed to do the trick.

 

[Tereza]

Paint? Why paint?

I've got to agree with David. I bought the 146 to keep my boating life simple. I keep it moored on a lake. I do get algae and scum, but it washes off with a sponge or powerwashing.I contemplated having the marina pull the boat and wash it down or me - $8 per foot they charge, and I'ld have to get it on the trailer.What I did instead was...Brought it out to the side of the launch ramp and beached it on the mud/sand, had my hubby rock the boat onto starboard and hold it, scrubbed it's port belly, rocked it over onto port and scrubbed the other side - voila! No chemicals or soaps or anything to foul the water.I will do a more thorough job onve I pull it for the season, but this worked last season and this!My mantra is "Blessed are the lazy, for they will find the easiets way." And the cheapest, too!