[C320-list] Boat lift

[Allan S Field]

Diane - Again, I suggest reading the Interlux material before making such an
investment.  For example, you can put ablative on top of hard paint (but not
vice versa).  As you sail through the water, the ablative acts like a bar of
soap, wearing away and taking the nasties with it.  Add a multi-season
ablative (which means you can haul and re-launch without hurting the paint)
with biocide and you have a pretty powerful fighter of the nasties.  Of
course, you gotta' sail to mak ablative work!  What I am not sure of, and
this is one of the reasons why I recommend a thorough search of the Interlux
site, is if ablative paint is appropriate for the FL area in which you sail.
What gives the Interlux site a lot of credibility with me is that they
recommend a base coat of one color of paint then another color on top of
that then don't re-paint until you see the first color! - Allan

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Diane Fowler
Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 12:17 PM
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
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Subject: Re: [C320-list] Boat lift

Yes, I am 100% sure that I have hard paint. My diver says that the growth
rate here is just too fast to keep up with, and that having her on the lift
will be better for racing.  I am getting an estimate on Monday for a 16,000
pound boatlift with custom cradle.  I will let you know how that goes

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On May 11, 2013, at 11:43 AM, Bruce Heyman <bruceheyman at cox.net> wrote:

> In addition to Allen's points I believe there are many hard and ablative
paints that lose their effectiveness if they are exposed to the air for any
appreciable time.  
> 
> I know racers, serious racers, who keep their boats out of the water but
it is so that they have no bottom paint, only the very smooth and fast
surface from the mold.
> 
> We do have a few power boats on submersible floats in Dana Point Harbor
but they have no bottom paint.
> 
> I wonder if in Florida it is a good way to deal with storm surge?  Given
the weight of a 320 assume it would have to be a stout and expensive lift.
> 
> Bruce
> 
> Bruce Heyman
> (949) 289-8400
> 
> Allan S Field <allan.field at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
>> Diane - I think we need more info but generally speaking, a sailboat 
>> should not have to be on a lift.  The C320's don't blister (except 
>> for a small run back in the late 90's).  But there is a big 
>> difference between "hard" paint and "ablative" paint.  I would 
>> suggest 2 things.  The first is to confirm whether or not you have a 
>> hard or ablative paint on the bottom.  The second is to go out to the 
>> Interlux website.  There are excellent guides out there for how to 
>> handle bottom painting.  But Sea Shadow, and most boats in CA, stay 
>> in the water year round, coming out only for periodic painting (Sea 
>> Shadow gets 3 coats of ablative and 5 on the leading edges every 2 years)
and then right back in.
>> 
>> Hope this helps. 
>> 
>> Allan S. Field
>> Sea Shadow - #808
>> Columbia, MD
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Diane 
>> Fowler
>> Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2013 9:41 AM
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>> Cc: c320-list at lists.catalina320.com
>> Subject: [C320-list] Boat lift
>> 
>> We live in Southwest Florida, and yesterday my Diver was over to clean
the
>> bottom. I have e paint from Massachusetts in a hard surface white.   The
>> diver recommends that I put two more coats of the same paint on and 
>> keep the boat on a Lift .  Has anyone Installed a lift? Do you have 
>> photos of the custom cradle? Thank you S/v Windy City number 948 Cape 
>> Coral Florida
>> 
>>