Trojan Boat Forum

A blue tarp from Lowe's works the best of anything I have tried.

prowlersfish wrote:

rossjo wrote:Pettit Zinc Coat - "... protection for bare metals including steel, stainless steel, cast iron, copper, bronze, galvanized steel, and lead. It forms an excellent bond to underwater metals and running gear, and inhibits corrosion on these surfaces."

Does it block barnacle and weed growht or just stop corrosion?

Also read - "Do not apply anti-fouling paint over Zinc-Coat".

Also read the full name "Pettit Zinc Coat Barnacle Barrier " IOt works .
I know 2 marinas that swear by it,

Name is one thin g- but it doesn't "claim" to stop barnacles ...

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Thanks kevinz!

I only clean once a year when I haul for the winter. I use the boat every weekend and have very little growth as a result. I'm also in the Hudson river which is brackish water. I have seen the bottoms of several boats from my dock and those that didn't get used much are loaded up.

From the sounds of it, the number of times I have to dive my boat isn't any worse that others for my area.
It's amazing how a little bit of growth on the running gear will keep my F26 from getting on plane. There's been a few times during the summer I plan a boat outing and go to take her out and she won't plane, very frustrating. I guess I need to just bite the bullet and plan on diving the boat once a month during the summer no matter how much or little I use her. With all the other things that need to be maintained topside, I just seem to forget the obvious and most benefical maintainence.

I've been kicking around the idea of getting a Electric Hookah, like at http://www.scubapumps.com
Seems like it would pay for itself after a year or two of use.

This is Propspeed 1 year after I applied it to a customers running gear. I have just bottom painted her making sure I didn't get one drop on the Propspeed. A barnacle will grow on that one drop

RB (is that your initials?) - that REALLY looks good - think I'll get some PropSpeed myself!

rossjo wrote:RB (is that your initials?) - that REALLY looks good - think I'll get some PropSpeed myself!

I love the stuff. Caution !!!!!!! You HAVE to apply it according to directions. and I strongly recomend sand blasting.
I learned the hard way 1st time using it. The temp of the metals was not above 55 degrees and it failed miserably. I ate $675 on that one

Ron

RB,
It looks like PorpSpeed was used on the strut, rudder and shaft. And this is what she looks like after a year in the water?

kevinz wrote:RB,
It looks like PorpSpeed was used on the strut, rudder and shaft. And this is what she looks like after a year in the water?

Yep!!! And another important item...... trim tabs.
That boat stays in all year long at a private yacht club.
When I pull a boat out that's been treated, after the yard power washes the bottom (not the runnung gear) I wash the Propspeed areas by hand with a heavy mix of Dawn and water then block her.
For another $150 I also remove the engine intake covers, blast them as well, coat them and rebed.
Almost every Charter boat in our area uses the stuff
Most of the customers report a slight increase in performance as well.

Ron

Looking at the bottom paint the clean bare shafts . I find hard to believe its been a Year , A Friend uses prop speed and it works well on the props bu a year and its done. ( full 12 months in the water )(worn off mostly ) as far as the shafts and rudders its a waste of money maybe its because of more salt in the water I don't know . and Yes Its put on right

So predicktable
But your right, my records indicate 11 months 4 days

I am going on three years since last paint job. The petit trinidad is holding up well. Pays to trailer it.

rbcool wrote:So predicktable
But your right, my records indicate 11 months 4 days

Well the bottom paint looks like its never seen water sence painted and the shafts are bare yet no growth ? I like to have seen what it liked before it was cleaned .

BTW the prop nuts are on backwards ( by the book)

prowlersfish wrote:

rbcool wrote:So predicktable
But your right, my records indicate 11 months 4 days

Well the bottom paint looks like its never seen water sence painted and the shafts are bare yet no growth ? I like to have seen what it liked before it was cleaned .

BTW the prop nuts are on backwards ( by the book)

LOL about the prop nuts, good eye Paul. I hope Tony doesn't get mad but I've noticed many newer Carvers like that. We have a lot of 350 Mariners around here.
The shafts are coated in the pic, just hard to see it. I think I have a few pics on my work puter, I'll thumb drive them and email to you.
One minute after this pic was taken she was back in the water, I did the bottom the day before.
There is usualy several barnacles growing around front and rear of cutlass bearings, and for some strange reason the screw heads on the trim tabs.
The charter boats do it every year. Theirs don't look nearly as good after a year, probably due to heavy use and plowing through a lot of junk going through Kedges Straights. But the cost is not as bad for them since they are running single screws.
Paul, does that keen eye notice anything unusual about the bottom job? We could probably start another thread about it.