Bay Pelican
Moderator Emeritus
A friend here in the Eastern Caribbean is returning his boat to the US for sale. He has been told that if he enters US waters with a banned antifouling paint (Seahawk 44 I think) that he will have to remove it.
I understand that the banned antifouling paints cannot be sold (or applied?) in the US, but I have never heard that the paint must be removed from the bottom of a boat that has come into the US from outside of the US.
Does anyone have information on the issue as to whether this paint must be removed?
In this specific case the boat is not a US flagged vessel.
I understand that the banned antifouling paints cannot be sold (or applied?) in the US, but I have never heard that the paint must be removed from the bottom of a boat that has come into the US from outside of the US.
Does anyone have information on the issue as to whether this paint must be removed?
In this specific case the boat is not a US flagged vessel.