Antifouling

Like every year, this year too, it was time to clean the underwater part of the hull, which we did in Crikvenica. Even before the actual lifting on the crane, we noticed early in the water that bubbles had appeared only on the keel, which meant that the water had come under the protection itself. First, we lifted the sailboat on Friday evening and cleaned it with water pressure. When the hull dried, we first tackled the keel, which we sanded live. This was followed by a few coats of primer before the antifouling protection on the keel itself. The next morning and then a few hours later, we applied the self-polishing protection International Micron 350 to the entire underwater hull. When restoring the underwater part, we also replaced all the zinc protectors.

Unfortunately, the weather was not very kind to us, as we had quite a few problems with the weather on the second day. Just before we finished, a storm and a tramontana came, so we had to additionally tie the sailboat to the stand so that it wouldn't fall. For each battle on the sailboat, we tied a rope and tied it to the shore, as well as the mainsail hoist.