Practical Boat Owner
Even moderate fouling can easily lose you a knot or more of boat speed.
But how much preparation does your boat need? Which paint is best and what’s the best way to apply it?
1. Preparation
After a few years the thickness of paint on your boat’s bottom will inevitably have built up to the point where it has to be stripped back to the bare hull to start from scratch.
It’s generally recommended that you do this every four to five years with self-eroding antifouling. The good news is that the more antifouling there is on the boat, the easier it is to remove, so it pays to wait a few years between attempts.