We applied Interlux Micron CSC Antifoul paint, (painting anti-foul) as the boat is in the Great Lakes (Lake Ontario) it’s not a salt water anti-foul. We used the shark white version which held up well for the first season, but the colour changes quite a bit from application over time.
The colour of the Interlux MicronCSC Shark White started out more of a almost purplish white and faded to a light grey creamy white by the time we took the boat out of the water. The team at the harbour west marina easily washed off the algae growth so it worked quite well at fending off the growth.
In addition, we changed out the anode on the propeller shaft. This shaft is 1″ where the anode is attached, but tapered for the prop and 7/8 inside the stuffing box. The shaft has to be pulled into the boat, it cannot be pulled out through the collar, I believe this is why it was made this way. The cutlas bearing stops the shaft from falling out of the boat, which is a good thing.
There was some stormy weather too, here are a couple of clips.
We put up all the jobs on sticky notes, on the bulkhead in the cabin, required to get SV Northern Comfort out into the marina. We committed to the Van Tuyl Trucking company that we would need 2 weeks to get the hull painted and all our ‘drop into the water’ projects completed. It was a tight schedule and we couldn’t have done it without the great teamwork. Knock off the ‘painting anti-foul’ sticky note!
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