DON'T DO IT!! But We Did It Anyway... HOMEMADE COPPER COAT

Name: DON'T DO IT!! But We Did It Anyway... HOMEMADE COPPER COAT
Uploaded: 2026-06-14T17:00:08.000Z
Duration: 23 min 47 s
Description: The crew spends six days manually stripping old antifouling to prepare a catamaran hull for Coppercoat application.

14. juni 2026 · 23 min · 25K visninger · Queensland, Australia

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The crew of a Prout Ltd. Snowgoose 37 Elite hauls out at Ross Haven Marine in Townsville to remove old antifouling paint in preparation for a DIY Coppercoat application.0:32 Because Coppercoat requires a clean surface of gel coat or barrier coat to adhere, the team spends six days manually scraping and sanding the entire hull.3:35 The process proves physically exhausting and leads to severe skin irritation and rashes from contact with antifouling dust.9:34 To mitigate exposure to both the dust and local sandflies, the crew adopts protective boiler suits and paper suits.10:28 During the haul-out, they also replace a rotten wooden transducer block with a new composite material provided by the yard manager and install a new depth sounder transducer.11:41 The rudders remain unstripped due to the time and cost of removal, leaving them with old antifouling.17:19 The project concludes after six days of labor, with the hull prepped for the final coating application.17:50