Removing paint from hull

[Warren Kaplan]

I got a call from my marina today that extremely high tides had caused some trouble in the mooring field. Seems some boats, on their moorings, actually were rubbing against each other.

And so, even though my boat didn't sustain any damage (so they say) there is black paint from my neighbor's boat's hull on my boat's hull. I haven't been up there yet so I haven't seen the extent of it. I suspect its something like awlgrip.

My boat's hull is the original gelcoat and has never been painted. The hull was "waxed" but that was months ago in May. The boat is on a different mooring now until these unusual tides become more regular.

Any suggestions on the best way to remove this kind of collision induced paint without damaging my boats hull? I realize I may just have to wait until the boat is hauled unless I want to get out there in the dink and try.

Anybody have any experience with this???

Thanks!

[Jeff and Sarah]

I wouldn't worry too much until you've seen it and tried a few mild methods to remove the paint, especially if you have a good coat of wax on there. If it simply doesn't rub off (hey, you never know) try a couple small areas with different paint thinners- acetone or denatured alcohol might work. I doubt there was any pigment transfer since the paint had already cured (presumably a long time ago) before it came in contact with your boat. At worst you might need to compound the area and if so, save yourself some trouble by using a WHITE compound. I love 3M, but their flesh-toned compound always leaves a white hull slightly miscolored. Good luck. It's never as bad as it seems.

[Kevin Kaldenbach]

Try magic eraser. I think it is from Mr. Clean

[Al Levesque]

Our club paints the edge of the quick-tie-up floats with a very durable red paint. I often transfer some to the hull when I land. I have found that BonAmi and a little effort takes it off.

[Warren Kaplan]

I've got some soft scrub on board and maybe I'll try that if the paint marks are very superficial.

[Markst95]

Warren, you mentioned an extremely high tide, we had the opposite Mon Sept 6. The tide was so low I had to push out through about 20 ft of mud to get out to deep enough water to row my dinghy. It doesn't seem to match a spring tide, anyone know what was going on?

[Carter Brey]

And so, even though my boat didn't sustain any damage (so they say) there is black paint from my neighbor's boat's hull on my boat's hull. I haven't been up there yet so I haven't seen the extent of it. I suspect its something like awlgrip.
Thanks!

Warren,

I don't know what you're complaining about. I've dreamed for years of putting black Awlgrip on my hull.

Carter

[tartansailor]

Warren, you mentioned an extremely high tide, we had the opposite Mon Sept 6. The tide was so low I had to push out through about 20 ft of mud to get out to deep enough water to row my dinghy. It doesn't seem to match a spring tide, anyone know what was going on?

The new moon on Monday September 8th just happen to coincide closely with the time of it's it's perigee.

Dick

[Neil Gordon]

Warren, you mentioned an extremely high tide, we had the opposite Mon Sept 6.

Makes sense to me. All that water in Warren's harbor had to come from somewhere, right?

[Joe Myerson]

Dick,

On Labor Day a group of us were bidding farewell to the summer on the porch of the boathouse on Squeteague Harbor, wondering why the tides were so high and low.

Even though three of those present worked at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, nobody had an explanation.

--Joe

[henry hey]

Carter, you posted it! Bravo.

Warren, I looked for SQN as we motored out this morning but didn't see her.

I'm sure that you will be able to buff those out relatively easily -- ALTHOUGH, the yard should really be doing that work.

-h

[Warren Kaplan]

We had extremes of tide too. At low tide, for any of you that know Oyster Bay, the ramp leading down to the floating dock where we pick up the launch was ON THE GROUND. The boats in the first row of slips were aground. I've been in Oyster Bay 8 years and I've never seen it even come close to that!!

[Tom Keevil]

If the unusual tides on Labor Day (Labour Day up here), were a function of the moon, it seems that they should have been unusual here in British Colulmbia as well, but they weren't.

In fact, the tidal observations at Kings Pt, NY look pretty close to the predicted levels. See the link below.

http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/data_m ... =View+Plot

Are you sure that someone's not trying to blame some human error problem on the tides?

[Oswego John]

Yeah, there's something funny going on. I think maybe you guys are on to something.

After the game is over, I'm going to give Al Gore a buzz. See what's happening.

I first suspected something when the staid and normally infallible Farmer's Almanac goofed recently.

It called for summer 2010 here in Emerald City to occur on Aug. 14 between 10:43 AM and 2:17 PM. Don't you know that it started 12 minutes late.

Yup, something's funny going on. One old geezer I know said it was because this year is an election year.

O J

[tartansailor]

If the unusual tides on Labor Day (Labour Day up here), were a function of the moon, it seems that they should have been unusual here in British Colulmbia as well, but they weren't.

In fact, the tidal observations at Kings Pt, NY look pretty close to the predicted levels. See the link below.

http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/data_m ... =View+Plot

Are you sure that someone's not trying to blame some human error problem on the tides?

Not necessarily.
British Columbia has a significant land mass to the East.
There is a difference.

Dick