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Haul out of the catamaran in Portimao

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Linocat had to be hauled out for 6Months. He was in the water for almost 2 years now and had good growth below the waterline. So we went to the commercial marina in Portmiao and took the big crane. Here you see part of the growth. Even the speed under motor was affected. So she needes a serious cleaning and repainting. Bluewateralgrave has taken care of that and they did a good job. This was LinoCat out on the dry. Be aware that if there is huge boat behinf which they are spraypainting that your boat will partly be painted too :-) Here you can see very well that the paint IS blue under the green stuff and the growth around the blackwater outlet. YUCK Another picture showing the growth around the saildrive and also a missing coverpart. I have no clue for how long this was actually missing and also i do not know if i should replace it. The original antifouling coming out after using the high pressure washer. The old one was Zaragoza and the new will be a hard selfpolishing Jotun one. The