Need to antifoul every year if on the hard for winter?

panacea

Looking to see where we can save a few quid and was wondering if I need to antifoul the hull every hear?

Boat is on a saltwater mooring from May to September having spent October to May on the Hard.

Was antifouled last year and after spraying down when the boat was lifted out the hull is pretty clean and very little of the antifoul was removed.

Have changed the anodes and can lift/trailer the boat out once a month to spray the hull down but not sure ifs just a case that antifoul goes off and needs to be done every year.

Help meh pls

fergal.b

I would do it every year and what you save in fuel will pay for the paint. Some say that drying out kills the paint and some say that while the paint is on the boat it's working,but the paint company say it has a lifespan of a year.
You could use coppercoat anti-fouling it's about 3 times the price but will last 10-15 years.

whacker1982

if the boat was not taken out to be power washed, what would the hull come out like?

HeidiHeidi

Don't know what your hull is made of, but I know that we can get at the most 2/3 of the season out of our antifouling (fibreglass hull), but once we lift out and power wash once, there will be massive growth on the hull within four weeks. Powerwashing strips a lot of the antifouling off.

We absolutely have to do it every year.

ahun

'our' boat was antifouled, and stayed in the water from april til october, wasnt lifted out+powerwashed and even shellfish(!) appeared on the hull (fibreglass)