That could be a very elegant way of doing things.

  It's also possible that you'd find a copper/epoxy bottom paint like Coppercoat ( http://www.coppercoatusa.com/ ) to be more durable and more easily repaired, in addition to offering some additional osmosis protection.

  But I can't speak to the cost of one versus the other.  Neither will be cheap in the short run, but both should cost less in the long run.

  Are there any environmental regulations in the Chesapeake that prevent an all-copper bottom?

       - Mike



Gardner Pomper wrote:

Hi,

I was wondering if it made sense to apply copper to the underwater sections of a harryproa. My thinking was that if you have the hull as a big flat panel on the table already, why not put on a layer of copper film, vacuum bagged to the underwater part of the hull before bending it up?

Thoughts?

- Gardner

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