Express 27 National Championship at San Francisco Yacht ClubOctober 5 - 7
Result
PosBoatTotalRace 1Race 2Race 3Race 4Race 5Race 6Race 7
1Magic Bus283(3)5(8)6(14)2(16)1(17)1(18)10 (28)
2Motorcycle Irene292(2)2(4)14(18)1(19)7(26)2(28)1 (29)
3Get Happy!!344(4)3(7)11(18)5(23)3(26)6(32)2 (34)
4Thumper3711(11)1(12)2(14)9(23)4(27)5(32)5 (37)
5Fired Up!421(1)4(5)8(13)8(21)5(26)10(36)6 (42)
6Current Affair5112(12)6(18)10(28)3(31)13(44)4(48)3 (51)
7Tequila Mockingbird625(5)7(12)17(29)4(33)2(35)14(49)13 (62)
8Andale627(7)10(17)3(20)12(32)11(43)7(50)12 (62)
9Abigail Morgan6413(13)13(26)1(27)6(33)9(42)11(53)11 (64)
10Wile E Coyote686(6)9(15)7(22)OCS(40)RET(58)3(61)7 (68)
11Salty Hotel719(9)8(17)4(21)11(32)10(42)12(54)17 (71)
12X-Wing7610(10)14(24)13(37)14(51)8(59)9(68)8 (76)
13Bombora8316(16)15(31)15(46)10(56)15(71)8(79)4 (83)
14Peaches8714(14)12(26)16(42)7(49)6(55)17(72)15 (87)
15Take Five908(8)11(19)9(28)16(44)16(60)16(76)14 (90)
16Artemis9417(17)16(33)5(38)13(51)14(65)13(78)16 (94)
17Hang 209515(15)17(32)12(44)15(59)12(71)15(86)9 (95)
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Author: Garry Owens ([email protected]) contact the author
Subject: Bottom paint?
Info: (34047 views) Posted: Monday 7-12-04 09:41:53 AM

:: I know this is sacrilege, but I really think I'd sail my
:: boat more often if she lived in the water. Has anyone
:: painted a never-painted-before Express and put her in a
:: slip? We're talking saltwater, SF Bay here. What did you
:: use? Did you do an epoxy coat first? Am I crazy to do
:: this?

:: Larry Fisher

:: Express 27 #69 Gwendolyn

Larry:

I dry sail my Express in Monterey but used to keep an Olson 30 in the water. I faired the bottom and keel and then applied a two part epoxy base coat. I hired a auto painter as a side job and he sprayed the epoxy coat and it came out very smooth and I never had any blister problems ( Express 27's can get blisters inspite of what some will tell you, I know from personal experience). I then used an abating bottom paint which I also had sprayed on and I could normally stretch it for two seasons. The abating bottom paint seemed to work pretty well and I scrubbed it using a long brush and a bottom rig Wesr Marine sells before normal races and either dove or hired a diver before major races

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  • Bottom paint? (21448 views) [x]
    Larry Fisher ~ Saturday 7-10-04 08:27:48 PM
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          Bill Park ~ Monday 7-12-04 05:36:17 PM
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            Ed Chung ~ Monday 10-4-04 06:33:00 PM