This is for Loose Cannon #34, its comin along and hopefully be out racing soon. Ditch Run is my target.

:: 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.