Bottom Paint for Primordial Soup

Quetzalsailor · Post by **Quetzalsailor** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:53 am

We sail out of Swan Creek on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay. The water is shallow and warm, and without much tidal current.

I've used several copper-bearing paints, most recently West Marine's CPP+. It was terrible!

Does anybody sailing the Chesapeake know of something that works? At $250 for a mid-season haul and scrub, I can afford more than the $70, or so, per gallon I've been paying.

Rachel · Post by **Rachel** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:24 pm

Here in the SW Chesapeake Bay the yard uses Micron Extra as the standard (i.e. unless someone requests something else). It reportedly works well.

windrose · Post by **windrose** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 5:36 pm

That's what I use on Windrose. I've been very pleased with it. I am mid bay on the West River just south of Annapolis.