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Just received a notice from Bayswater Marina that Auckland Council are about to carry out hull inspections in the marina for pest species and growth etc. If their divers find anything suchlike on your hull , you will get a notice from the council and have to clean it. I actually don't have a problem with us having to antifoul and keep our hulls clean of crap, but what I do object strongly to- is that while the divers are inspecting my [ carefully antifouled ] hull, they are completely ignoring the huge amount of fanworm adhering to the marina piers right next to all our boats! If w

Had a couple of people complain that they wanted to buy sailing electronics but none were on display! I believe that B & G were there but hidden behind the usual fish finders etc, Also someone who wished to upgrade his package on a big Riviera, the young Raymarine fellow did not know the equipment being referred to and no follow up call...

It looked to have the makings of a great event , but we did note that at the same time there were single handers racing back towards Richmond and the squadron cruising race with very close racing heading out towards Waiheke, not sure what those Piedy boys were smoking but it hung over Auckland harbour till about 10 yesterday morning.

Moving fouled boats only applies if you then clean the hull in the new location. Marine fouling stays put on the hull. Sure, the bloody things reproduce, but they do it by laying eggs in the water, so on your hull or the marina, it's the same. Clearly I don't pick up organisms when I'm out sailing, so I get infected from the marina itself. And some marinas have the cheek to say that you cannot clean your hull in the marina. Its" please go elsewhere to do it, and spread the stuff even further"

Have you tried Super Yacht Coatings in Tauranga? They show Alexseal as one of their suppliers.

Nope, the approach to us was purely council....

Used on the last few Alloy Yachts projects, in fact kiwi painters have been flown offshore to apply it -not a home product the Aussie agents are good.

Well - Ex M- Rudolf DID buy it off the insurance co. - paid 7000 for it, bolted the hull up and advertised it for 12000.[ and admitted it was still leaking - " but not much"!