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• looking for a cheaper bottom paint alternative
  • Bottom Paint
    • Where did you get it? I plan on
      • Super Ship Bottom
  • Bottom paint ideas
  • Trinidad
  • Here is 2 that I used
  • Pettit Hydrocoat water based, multi-season ablative
    • besides price, what do you think ....
      • can't comment on Trinidad -- no experience with it
    • petit Hydrocoat
      • No - diver should use something soft
      • In the Chesapeake marinas around Annapolis
      • Hydrocoat is a VERY hard ablative
        • I also found Hydrocoat to be poor. But even SR...
          • Yeah but...
        • I have been using hydrocoat for years and find it to be just fine...
    • very high fouling area?
  • Did you look at Practical Sailor's listings?
    • no...can't see paying for a subscription
    • Practical Sailor's listings aren't accurate
      • Epaint seems to be erratic. We ahd good results
  • we used Seahawk when we were in Panama