GL: Bottom paint advice

[Greg Schoenberg]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tommy Terrific" <circumnavigate06@bellsouth.net>
To: "Greg Schoenberg" <dene@ipns.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 7:22 PM
Subject: Re: Bottom paint advice


>   She said "yes" to what????
>
>   Barrier coats are only for boats that have blistered.  To apply a
barrier
> coat "properly", the gelcoat must be removed and the hull must be totally
> dry.  I hung my Boston Whaler in the air for seven months to allow it to
> totally dry.
>
>   Save your money and send 50% to me for my retirement fund!!!!
>
>   Or, just invite me to come out and use it.  Actually, I would have
> recommended driving to Brownsville, Texas and then trucking it.  Of
course,
> you didn't ask my opinion on that!!!!
>   Tommy

"She Said Yes" to getting the boat.  Actually, it was more her idea than
mine.  We had a Maxum 2400 with platonic sleeping arrangements...her in the
aft berth, me in the V.  She saw a Maxum 2465 moored near us, made friends
with the 1st mate, toured it, and realized that it had a queen size aft
berth with a huge entry.  Guess who spent the next week shopping.  Found
this one in Florida.  She took a red-eye to Fort Meyers....saw the
boat....said YES!

I tossed your idea about piloting it to Brownsville.  She Said No.  :(

I'm likely saying no to barrier and bottom paint, preferring to evaluate it
when we pull it out next spring.  I'm figuring a good spray scrub will get
most of it, then detail it.  Lot cheaper than getting the BP and having it
recoated every two years.

-Greg