To Anti-foul or not to Anti-foul?

Posted By: Capt-Dave
Date: 2/2/11 5:24p.m.

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I know this has been hashed out before but I’m wondering how many Monty owners actually go without bottom paint? This coming year I plan to use my boat in a different way than I have in the past. For one I’m planning on doing the Florida 120 & possibly the Texas 200 challenges. My Montgomery 15 sailboat does not have anti-fouling paint on her bottom. She lives on a trailer and up until now rarely spends more than a day in the water at one time. What would be a reasonable time frame that one could go afloat before having to consider painting the bottom? With these two challenges it’s possible the boat could be in the water up to a week at a time. As you can see in my photo I keep a lot of wax on her underside. I prefer to leave the bottom clean and not put anti-fouling paint on her if possible. -Capt Dave-