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    TECHNICAL ANTIFOULING KEEP YOUR HULL CLEANER FOR LONGER

    Jan 02, 2020 4 minutes

    ADAM FIANDER

    Having sailed since the early 1990s, Adam cruised and raced a variety of yachts from maxis to dinghies. He has years of experience working with antifoul products and produced the video for the BCF’s Safe Antifouling Initiative. www.safeantifouling.com

    No one likes the annual effort and cost of antifouling, but keeping the underside of a yacht free of the unsightly, costly and potentially harmful effects of aquatic fouling has challenged and vexed owners for decades. Apart from a few exceptions where water is at its coldest, almost no matter where you keep your yacht in the UK, sailors are faced with some of the harshest and most virulent underwater fouling in Europe.

    Green and brown seaweed, slime,

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