We have hauled every hurricane season to store our boat. CC is a hard epoxy. One nice feature is, when cleaning slime, you can take a 6” metal putty knife to scrape it with no ill effects. Straps

From my point of view, the elementary problem is that you still have to go to the crane every year to clean it and grind it again so that it works. Of course, this increases the costs if you don't

Does CopperCoat stay in tact when hauling out? Given it is epoxy mix coats, I assume so, but still would like to ask. I use regular ablative water based antifoul and every year my boat has marks from

CopperCoat has been the least expensive antifoul I’ve ever used. Spread that “high” cost across 10 or more years.... Matt ~~~_/|)~~~ A50#27

Yes, CC can be applied over barrier coat. Follow their directions. I applied four coats as they directed. The coats go on thin and it doesn’t look right until the second or third coat. I can’t

Craig, That sounds expensive, but I spent $1500.00 on bottom paint a couple of years ago. If you got six years for $2300. ,that would work out pretty well,if it works for you ,seems to have had

Hi Pat - check out coppercoatusa.com - they list an SM as needing 18 "Kits" for $2340. Site is a "must read and study". It is a totally different animal than conventional bottom paint and requires 4

Hi Chris, Please share pictures of how things look after you “unstack” the main switches. I have been considering that as well. Here are a few responses to your ideas: I would prefer to

Matt, How many coats of CC do you apply. I am fairing some holes in my gel coat and then plan to overcoat with Interprotect 2000. Can CC be applied over a barrier coat? Thanks, Pat SM#123

Oh, CC is about 2X the cost of conventional bottom paint. ~~~⛵️~~~Matt

We applied CC ourselves. It’s not easy. First, CC is not paint. It is a 2 part epoxy with copper powder (more like dust) mixed in. Two factors to deal with: 1) the copper does not stay in

Thanks everyone! My setup has me in 4 groups of 100AH 12V Battle Borns @24v (400AH). I have each group's positives and negatives aggregating to corresponding bus bars that then lead to the battery

We put our own copper coat on in Trinidad, just the two of us. In the heat it did need thinning down. We did a third of the hull at a time. We did not put a barrier coat on as it is an epoxy mixture

Hi Pat, check this out https://youtu.be/6JkCzOZ9k_Q they had few failures, but at the end worked out. Good summary on things to watch out for. They have few videos on their saga with copercoat, this

Can coppercoat be applied by an owner or does it need to be applied by a dealer ? If it can be installed by an owner ,what would you estimate the cost of materials would be . I had the impression that

With a winch handle locked into the manual furling socket and a line around it to the base of the mast to prevent it from turning. Alan Elyse SM437

As suspected and expected - did Bills's step by step, literally in 5 mins crisis is over! Thanks you all. Now another thing, the gear seem to be weak / maybe finished (from before the episode), and

Many thanks to all for the feedback on this. I can now happily leave the scraping until we get back to Grenada. Cheers, Paul S/Y Ya Fohi - Amel 54 #98 - Grenada

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