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Refinishing Your Boat’s Non-skid Deck
While the consequence of letting your varnish and hull paint to fade is usually no worse than a blow to your ego, you don't...
Real World Antifouling Testing
In addition to our panel testing of dozens of paints, we applied six different antifouling paints to our test boat, a Corsair F-24 trimaran....
Hard Antifouling Paints and Haulouts
Some of our best performing antifouling paints in our past tests have been hard, modified epoxy paints. These paints generally carry a higher percentage...
Mailport: Clew knots, sail paints, fighting mildew
LOVE HITCH AT THE CLEW
Regarding your recent report “In Search of a Snag-free Clew,” (see PS February 2024), even luggage tags can catch on...
Bottom Paint Checkup 2015
What We TestedThis report focuses on the effectiveness of 55 different paints after 18 months of immersion. Represented manufacturers include Blue Water Paints, Interlux,...
A Fast Bottom Paint Finish
In the quest for speed, sailors endlessly debate sail trim, the best cloth, the hottest cut, and which folding prop will do everything. In...
Bottom Paint Checkup 2016
A fairly significant change has taken place in the world of antifouling paint for recreational boaters in the United States. Last year, multi-national chemical...
Bottom Paint Tests 2009 Spring Update
Over the years, Practical Sailor has tracked the evolution in marine antifouling paints. Shaped by government regulations, environmental concerns, and industry innovations, the shift...
Best Boat Bottom Paint 2017
The list of contradictions that define our sailing affliction is long. We need an anchor that buries deep but can be freed at a...
Bottom Paint Checkup 2014
ConclusionMost of the conventional hard and ablative paints in this comparison are virtually the same blends weve been testing for years. At 12 months,...