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Old 05-24-2015, 07:50 PM   #45
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Originally Posted by Donsan View Post
Visited a marina in the Charleston area last week and I have not seen so many filthy bottoms in all my life. This Marina had wicked currents/tides and I would thought it would be a hindrance to bottom growth but apparently not. The next day we went to another Marina and the bottoms looked mostly well maintained. Guess it all boils down to the care people put into their boats.
We boat around the barrier islands near Charleston every year. In summer, it takes a week to 10 days to start a nice crop of barnacles on the unpainted bottom of our skiff.
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