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Originally Posted by FF
The copper I am familiar with is ONLY used on smaller racing sailboats , where the bottom is polished weeky.
Hardly a good deal for most cruisers as hauling is expensive , and hand work is required for the smoothest finish.
Most any ablating bottom paint like MICRON will last at least 2 and frequently 3 years.
The fantastic smooth bottom that can be obtained with copper will not save a dimes worth of diesel , even at slow crawl trawler speeds..
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You understand (I assume) that most anti fouling coatings, whether they be a hard paint (like Pettit Trinidad) or an ablative paint (like any of the Interlux Micron line) or a copper-loaded epoxy (like Coppercoat) are
all using some form of copper as a biocide and that the use of copper in these products has
zero bearing on how smooth they can be made to be, right?