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Long Look
10-24-2009, 10:41 PM
Any sailors have any experience with McLube Hullkote?
SamFamAustin
10-25-2009, 12:42 PM
Sounds kinda kinky - you got this sailor's attention! :eek:
Long Look
10-25-2009, 04:18 PM
Sam, I think your thinking more McLube Sailkote... It makes it easier to get your sail up ;)
Stone Malone
10-25-2009, 06:33 PM
Mclube is an easy to use product that gives excellent results. I have used it and reccomend it.
MysticFred
10-26-2009, 08:58 PM
Concur here also. I do the rig (see the cutter rigged sailboat in the avatar) before stepping the mast in the spring and I'm good until the boat comes out of the water ... like this week. McLube is a PTFE (teflon?) product I believe.
Long Look
10-26-2009, 09:18 PM
Im giving hullkote a try when I'm down in December. They promise it will keep my bottom clean for 20 days and I'm going to put that to the test. I gave myself an early x-mas present in the form of a 1997 vanguard 15 that was too cheap to pass up. (gotta love the guys who let toys sit in their garages) I dont have anywhere that I can pull the boat up with the mast stepped, so it is going to have to stay in the water for the duration of my trip. I'll probably also get some sailkote too, although on a fairly small rig, friction isnt that big of an issue.

Thanks for the input guys!
SamFamAustin
10-27-2009, 04:22 PM
Well I had high hopes for some hanky-panky :), but McLube's Hullkote looks as to be a wipe-on Teflon product. The question I have is whether that would work if you had regular (ablative) bottom paint on your boat. If you rub bottom paint of this kind, the goodies that kill marine growth can rub off too. For hard epoxy paints or boats with no bottom paint, it seems like a no-brainer.

I know the racing boats use something similar, such as for 12-meter races. They don't care about fouling as much as having a super slippery bottom. In a race, a tenth of a knot can win!

So not sure about how it works with regular copper-based anti-fouling paint, such as Petit or Interlux.
sammie
trubahamian
10-30-2009, 08:00 AM
It is clearly for use with "hard" antifouling paints Sammie.Anyone that races either sail or power uses hard finish/high cuprous oxide anti fouling paint,some are even teflon base.
Trust me,sailboat racers in particular will try anything to pick up a fraction of a knot in an attempt to win.
Tingum
10-31-2009, 05:11 PM
I have been using spray teflon and spray silicon on bolt ropes forever. Works really well on smalll boats that tend to get all salt covered.