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Whatever suits your needs. Trinidad SR isn't recommended by yards here for casual cruisers because of costs to strip and reapply- it's not as forgiving as ablatives for reapplying every couple of years. Our water is just a bit more tainted here on the Texas coast (all the way to Mexico) and we...

Start Sanding! You have the right idea, Kevin. The old epoxy fills previous blisters and has probably done its job. Be careful with the sanding, careful of the gelcoat, dry and fill the blisters, give it a fresh barrier coat if you take it down to the gelcoat, then two coats of ablative dual...

Hi Gulfcoaster-- I will be right here, up to my neck in repowering :esad:.. Look for me in C-22..

Now there be TWO Hey- This reply is about useless, too.. Thought I'd give the forum a try. I KNOW there are many more Ericson owners on the Third Coast. Why aren't they joining? But then I just joined today. Only took me 10 yrs to finally get around to it. I currently own and liveaboard an...