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• $10,000 fee to clean my 40' bottom
  • Looks like it's time to head south again!
  • It's obvious your marina sees an opportunity to make some green from the "green" movement
    • That's not only his marina...it appears to be WA state law
      • PSKA
        • That organization is a bunch of thugs!
  • I'm not sure I see the problem, really.
    • So.... If you can't scrub it....
  • Has the sale of ablative paint been banned in WA...?
    • nice shot Jon ! Cay Caulker, Belize ?
    • Still selling - still painting with soft toxic paints
    • I think it has to do with relatively closed water systems...
      • I'm not sure about the "closed water system" (Rant follows)
        • I don't dispute much of what you say..
        • Nor do I dispute much of what you say, and you're obviously well informed on some issues
          • Timely discussion, this. The Census of Marine Life, a ten-year scientific endeavor of 360 world scientists came out
    • Jon: I was wondering when someone would point that out.
    • Interestingly, it seems that hard paints and soft paints might have the same impact on the aquatic environment
  • In Newport, RI