Barnacles

[danielcooper9]

How bad has barnacle growth been lately up towards middle river? I haven't been able to get to the boat for over a month and was debating if I should take it out early and clean off the drive and trim (I need to get them repainted) prior to taking friends out on Saturday. We were going to run over to Fairlee and I don't want to hold up the whole group cleaning prior to going over. With last year's growth, I'm not sure I would have made it up on plane after sitting that long but this year seems cooler.

Thanks
Dan

 

[maxumaa]

Dan,
We are at Fairlee. we have moved every week so we have been ok. I have seen some boats that sat for 3 or 4 weeks and they have had problems. You may want to get there early and check on it.
Keith

 

[mixman]

Dan, we're not far from you in Rock Creek. We take the boat out every weekend and I'm surprised to say I've got some barnacle growth this year. Just a few here and there, but this is the first time I've had such in the 9 years I've been using this particular paint. I heard a couple of boats on VHF the other week reporting they couldn't get on plane (they were on working channels communicating with their groups, thankfully .

 

[danielcooper9]

Thanks Keith and Kurt. Sounds like I will definitely need to clean.