Nationals at Richmond Yacht ClubMay 20 - 22
Result
PosBoatTotalRace 1Race 2Race 3Race 4Race 5Race 6Race 7
1Peaches184(4)3(7)4(11)4(15)1(16)1(17)2 (19)
2Motorcycle Irene181(1)2(3)3(6)3(9)5(14)3(17)3 (20)
3Under the Radar237(7)1(8)1(9)1(10)3(13)5(18)5 (23)
4Hot Sheet242(2)4(6)3(9)4(13)2(15)2(17)7 (24)
5Magic Bus303(3)5(8)5(13)6(19)6(25)4(29)1 (30)
6Bombora516(6)7(13)8(21)5(26)4(30)15(45)6 (51)
7Fired Up!5412(12)8(20)6(26)8(34)9(43)7(50)4 (54)
8Freaks on a Leash579(9)9(18)7(25)7(32)7(39)9(48)9 (57)
9Abigail Morgan628(8)11(19)10(29)9(38)10(48)6(54)8 (62)
10Dianne7510(10)10(20)9(29)DNS(45)12(57)8(65)10 (75)
11Artemis765(5)6(11)12(23)DNS(39)11(50)10(60)DNF (76)
12Public Enemy8012(12)12(24)11(35)10(45)8(53)14(67)11 (78)
13Tequila Mockingbird8811(11)14(25)14(39)11(50)14(64)11(75)13 (88)
14Current Affair8814(14)12(26)13(39)12(51)13(64)12(76)12 (88)
15Phoenix10715(15)RET(31)RET(47)DNS(63)15(78)13(91)DNF(107)
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Author: Jason Crowson ([email protected]) contact the author
Subject: Best Bottom Finish
Info: (21126 views) Posted: Thursday 5-4-06 07:46:45 PM
Andy,

It depends on what you are going to do with the boat, dry sail or wet sail. Since you are taking off the old bottom paint I would assume dry sail. If that is the case then I would suggest a two part epoxy paint. I did this to Exocet by just rolling it on with a sponge type roller. Then I spent many, many hours with a long board getting it smooth as glass. Then buff it out and it will last a long time.

If you are wet sailing it then you will probably want something much better for anti-fouling. I believe "Light n Up" used some new technology stuff on their bottom last year. Depending on were you live (i.e.- not in California) then you can probably have a lot more options. I forget the name of what they used but hopefully they will chime in.

I had the graphite stuff on the bottom of Opus when I first bought her and when wet sanded smooth it worked just fine for dry sailing.

Hope this helps.

-Jason

-btw - what boat do you own?

:: Years ago I used an a graphite impregnated epoxy barrier
:: coat on a daysailor. It was a pretty standard product
:: from West system or similar. It was supposed to be
:: slippery but I cant vouch for it.

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