Undercoat Paint / Hull Growth

[Dshriber]

I keep my boat in the water from May through october. I am in a freshwater river that gets a large amount of growth. It slows down the boat by at least 5MPH. My marina isn't set up that great to pull it and pressure wash. I do it about once or twice a season. I have friends that mention they have a special paint on their hull that eliminates growth. Does anyone have any thoughts on this product for jet boats?

Thanks!

 

[zipper]

On these boats if I were to choose to use antifouling bottom paint, I would use a hard vs ablative (soft) bottom paint. I did not paint my Yamahas' bottom, I just scrubbed it at the beach a couple of times during summer and acid washed it in the fall.
I say hard paint because of the bunks vs rollers on the trailer could wear away the paint prematurely. We were at a slip from mid May to mid October.

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On my sailboats we used ablative (soft) bottom paint. They still need to be pressure washed in the fall.

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[FSH 210 Sport]

I keep my boat in the water from May through october. I am in a freshwater river that gets a large amount of growth. It slows down the boat by at least 5MPH. My marina isn't set up that great to pull it and pressure wash. I do it about once or twice a season. I have friends that mention they have a special paint on their hull that eliminates growth. Does anyone have any thoughts on this product for jet boats?

Thanks!

I would not bottom paint your boat.

Just pull it out however often is needed and take it to a coin operated car wash to clean the bottom, if you do it frequently enough it will be a very quick affair.

This is the acid wash solution I use at the end of the season…Anytime you use an acid wash proper PPE (personal protective equipment) is essential, safety glasses, nitrile or platex style gloves, N95 mask at minimum, long sleeves, pants, close toed shoes. When you get done take off the long sleeves and pants and wash them. Keep other people, kids, pets and idiots away from the area while you use this. Rinse with copious amounts of water.