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What a beautiful days yachting. Was a bit painfull near gannet rock and back up tamaki strait for us but we came away with the win in Motorboat III. Our son Lukes first race in the mix t motions and he did ok. Hes only just turned 16 and had another young mate of his on board so I was happy they even got around the track and home up the river afterwards... And my wife Sara was on the General Lee so our family was well represented out there yesterday..

I scraped back Lidgard 35 Whitepointer 3 years ago using hand tungsten scraper from the tool shed, two handed scraper, worked well but seriously hard yakka for about 5 days, then had to follow up with filling the scrap marks and orbital sanding

can thoroughly recommend soda blasting. Once you count your time and hardstand time, the cost of beer and sunstroke, it's a bargain. You still have to tidy up little areas, but the surface is great - paint sticks to it like the proverbial defecation to the night-time thermal insulation layer.

Defoul is basically bio diesel with some alcohol and emulsifier Not withstanding that it may be a great product, you don't get something for nothing. There is always a lot more work involved than what is shown on the videos, even using the most evil strippers it's a very messy business. I see it retails for 660 in Oz, 19 L which is enough for a 30 foot boat, add on the New Zealand tax and markups.... The easiest way by far is to get somebody to soda blast it, the next easiest is to get a team of students or your crew with scrapers. Scraping is the best way to get it off as oppos