Especially if you have your Yacht or Boat in Salt Water, you really need to make sure your bottom is Painted. If you are a heavy user of your boat, you will want an Ablative paint. That is a softer paint that comes off as the boat is running through the water. It holds the material that fends off barnacles in the paint and as it wears off, you always have fresh material. Also, when you redo it, you do not need to sand the bottom paint off before re applying. With a hard coat paint, the material leches out of the paint, leaving the paint so when you paint the bottom, you need to sand it down first. Read the rest of this entry »