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Antifouling for leisure boats – Part 1

by Simon Jollands | Boat Maintenance, Preparation, Yacht ownership

Boats that are kept afloat can very quickly become a home for small marine organisms such as barnacles, weed and slime. Applying an antifouling paint to your hull is necessary to protect it from these micro-organisms, as a fouled hull can cause problems and will slow...

Galvanic and electrolytic corrosion

by Simon Jollands | Boat Maintenance, Preparation, Yacht ownership

If sacrificial anodes are disappearing very quickly this can indicate there is a galvanic or electrolytic problem caused by electrical currents, which means an electrical circuit is being made for some reason. In order to understand what could be going on, it is worth...

Antifouling for leisure boats – Part 1

Galvanic and electrolytic corrosion

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