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Well, my wife and I spent a week sailing from Portorosa / Sicily amongst the Aeolian Islands last week and I noticed that the boats there - even the old fishing boats - seemed to have very clean hulls, below the water line!
So, I did a little investigative work, and found that many in that area use a marine antifouling paint called Nubian / Bora which has the description:
"Copper-free type antifouling suitable for all types of hulls, even aluminium or aluminium stern drives. This antifouling is ideal for both motor and sailing boats. Containing PTFE Cup 52 permits hulls to move faster on the water reducing friction to a minimum."
I visited a boatyard where boats were recently hauled and their hulls looked GREAT.... though I had no idea how long it had been since their previous haul out.
Now, I also don't know if the waters there just don't create as much growth as we have experienced in either Floridian or New England waters, but the condition of the vessels' hulls I saw, were a lot better than what I see "over here".
Though I had a language challenge talking with the boatyard workers, everyone seemed sold on the "Nubian Marine Paint" products, and that is what I saw in use - empty cans, posters, tons of supplies of them - in the 2 boatyards I visited.
Doing an online search for "Nubian Marine Paints" I found both a Facebook page for them and a company selling these products: CEFTRADING . com (follow the logical path to the paints).
So, has anyone used these European antifouling products; and, or, is the amount of growth a lot less in the Med than over here???
Very interesting ......
Well, my wife and I spent a week sailing from Portorosa / Sicily amongst the Aeolian Islands last week and I noticed that the boats there - even the old fishing boats - seemed to have very clean hulls, below the water line!
So, I did a little investigative work, and found that many in that area use a marine antifouling paint called Nubian / Bora which has the description:
"Copper-free type antifouling suitable for all types of hulls, even aluminium or aluminium stern drives. This antifouling is ideal for both motor and sailing boats. Containing PTFE Cup 52 permits hulls to move faster on the water reducing friction to a minimum."
I visited a boatyard where boats were recently hauled and their hulls looked GREAT.... though I had no idea how long it had been since their previous haul out.
Now, I also don't know if the waters there just don't create as much growth as we have experienced in either Floridian or New England waters, but the condition of the vessels' hulls I saw, were a lot better than what I see "over here".
Though I had a language challenge talking with the boatyard workers, everyone seemed sold on the "Nubian Marine Paint" products, and that is what I saw in use - empty cans, posters, tons of supplies of them - in the 2 boatyards I visited.
Doing an online search for "Nubian Marine Paints" I found both a Facebook page for them and a company selling these products: CEFTRADING . com (follow the logical path to the paints).
So, has anyone used these European antifouling products; and, or, is the amount of growth a lot less in the Med than over here???
Very interesting ......