Hi All,

My hull is in need of a clean. All the slipsways that are available either have a waiting list months in advance or are exceptionally expensive.

Can anybody reccommend somebody who can dive on the boat and scrap the hull, and what price could I be looking at for a 32 footer?

Thanks in advance

Thanks Southace. I could have a crack at it myself I suppose. I realise you are in QLD, but are there any restrictions that you know of doing it in a marina..

I should of also stated in my original post that I'm in the Fremantle area.

Thanks again

Usually $70-80 for my 34 ft when it is pretty gungy, in Sydney Pittwater.

Yeah I agree I snapped this happy fellow last week lucky the visibility was clear!

southace said...
Technically No human deposits of our waste is to enter the water so I guess as long as your not scraping the paint off or turning the water black you should be ok... Some marinas don't allow it.
I prefer to do it somewhere remote where the water visibility is good that way I can see approaching bull sharks! Haha

I am a tad confused here. Marina yards have to spend a fortune installing trap drains and settling tanks so that none of the ineffectual anti fouling paint goes into the waterways which is mandated by GBRMPA, EPA, MSQ and whatever other organisation can get their finger into the pie, yet it seems it is quite OK for a diver to bum scrape a boat into the briny.

Is it legal and therefore a contradiction of the law, or is it not legal but you can get away with it if you are not observed???

When it is legal for a huge commercial vessel to put the most toxic paint available on it's hull but the little pleasure boating guy is only allowed to paint his hull with paint that does not work as antifoul, the law is a total furfy.

The authorities do not like people who live on boats because the the lifestyle smacks of freedom and independent thought.

Don't let those water borne types think they can live without being milked by the system.

I was told by a waterways officer that if they see a plume from where you're rubbing you're gone, doesn't matter if it's antifouling or just natural growth. A lot of the multihull guys up this way do it on the sand flats around Pittwater but I reckon they're on shaky ground too as I don't often see drop sheets under hulls.

If your in the Swan Toph no one will see you, not even the bull sharks! But seriously, we scrub the hull every other week for racing over the last 20+ years and have never even raised an eyebrow, and in the Swan you really do need to. estuarine environments like these are very high growth places.