Psyche 795 Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 But you can spray it around the house to your hearts content https://www.palmers.co.nz/products/998091184?srsltid=AfmBOorBwK9GIzNaX7PlKF3HeXKSK3epZDUCP6rabMaq-CusFFNPp8W5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Leftred 49 Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 1 hour ago, Black Panther said: Did your boat get covid? Can't die from Covid if you poison yourself first! -taps forehead- Anyway, I've had slime and some other stuff grow pretty quickly with the #5, although no hard growth of note. Anything people are finding better success with? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CarpeDiem 527 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 3 hours ago, Leftred said: I've had slime and some other stuff grow pretty quickly with the #5, although no hard growth of note. Anything people are finding better success with? I am on my 3rd year of Ultra 2. I had an interesting experience in Northland - boat was cleaned by divers in Westhaven. One hour later I took it to Bay of Islands, it sat for 3 days on a mooring in Russell, by which time it was covered in a thick layer of slime. Before coming back to Auckland, (2 weeks ago), we wiped the hull and keel with a sponge, (I now know why I pay divers to do this, but that's another story), it's now been sitting in Westhaven for 2 weeks and is pretty much in the same state that we left BoI in.... There's definitely something in the water up there that isn't down here 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest 132 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 My experience with Ultra 2 (x 2 coats) is that works great if you gently wipe the slime off every 6mnths and in the third year it deteriorates to being useless into fourth. About to apply for third round. Also, Hobsonville marina is a Pacific oyster incubator/nursery. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John B 113 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 The barnacles arrived in Opua in 2016 according to the yard guys and other local boaties. Certainly an eye opener for transplanted Westhaven people like moi. We discovered them in 2017 when waiting for two weeks in the marina to depart. There were late cyclones / named storms in the tropics that year. The slime this year in the BOI is different, you're right. ( above post). It does just wipe off but it is fast to arrive. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eruptn 105 Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Looks like there are rules for us an them; https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/superyacht-with-dirty-hull-allowed-in-hauraki-gulf-regatta-in-highly-unusual-move/N7XRR5N27BEKPDNMT5VWC3TGWQ/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frank 166 Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 6 minutes ago, eruptn said: Looks like there are rules for us an them; https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/superyacht-with-dirty-hull-allowed-in-hauraki-gulf-regatta-in-highly-unusual-move/N7XRR5N27BEKPDNMT5VWC3TGWQ/ Yep, saw that, it stinks frankly 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest 132 Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Ability to bend rules is directly proportional to how much clout/money one has. Why would we think NZ was any different? Wishful thinking? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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