August 1, 2003
PS Advisor: 08/01/03
Antifouling Choices for Underwater Metals
Subscribers Only With the final ban of TBT paints, coatings makers have brought forth several products to fight the growth of barnacles and other beasts on metal surfaces underwater.
Corsair 36
Subscribers Only The new Corsair is a fast cruising platform, light and bright belowdecks, but with a bit less elbow room than you'd find on a 36-foot monohull, and pricy. For many, these are worthy trade-offs.
Offshore Log: A Pitch for Adjusting Pitch
Subscribers Only We shouldn't take prop pitch for granted. The Max-Prop VP prop is adjustable underwater. It costs a lot, but so does a haulout.
Binoculars: 7x50, Waterproof, With Compasses
Subscribers Only Optical acuity was very good across the board, but the devil's in the details. Steiner and Fujinon are still superb — at great cost. West Marine and Nikon share Best Buy honors.
Mailport: 08/01/03
In Praise Of The Wrong Stuff
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Eco-friendly Bottom Paints 2012
February 01, 2012
There are very few times when the door to my office is closed. Bottom paint rating tabulation time is one of them. For the past week I’ve been poring over bottom paint data collected earlier this month – three Excel tables representing more than 300 data points. Although mammoth data tables are not what drew me into this business, the bottom paint program is still one of my favorite projects. I’ve spent enough time scrubbing and scraping and painting to appreciate the importance of what we do.
