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No not at all an apology.

You are empirically correct but technically as far from the mark as you could possible be.

I wouldn't bet on it.

From the Propped web site: If your underwater metals are already coated with Propspeed, or if you have other coatings applied, you will need to remove all other coatings before starting the new application. The easiest, fastest and recommended way to do this is with Stripspeed, a solvent-based...

I don't think you should be let out on your own let alone service a boat. Post a picture of it, what did you do in the past?

I wouldn't bet on it.

Apparently it can only be applied by a professional in Europe. My guess is that it is all down to preparation and application and from the little I know and observed about it it works and is well thought of.

Say's a lot about Lidl brandy.

You missed your chemistry lessons then. ;)

I went into Ramsgit twice the second time because I couldn't believe how shitty it was the first time having been directed into a berth having given my draught only to run aground mid channel nowhere near the berth and when I finally got into it the boat spent half the tides stuck in the mud. I...

You mean start with the easy bit whilst you work on an excuse for not tackling the more difficult unpleasant bit.

Start at that end then.

It's the bit after the bog you should worry about replacing.

Your best bet is to sit down with a sandwich on someone else's deck.

I wouldn't go as far as foolproof, much depends on who is on the end of the tapping implement. Sponginess and movement is also a good indicator.

Do the trip to Weymouth. Calculate your fuel usage then double it, assess whether you can carry that amount of fuel. Calculate the time it took per mile, then double it, do you want to be on the boat for a significant part of the journey out of sight of land for that length of time. When you...

I've previously told the tale of a farcical calamity at Paluden, upriver of L'Aberwrach, which resulted in me and a couple of friends ending up in the middle of the night, drunk, covered in mud and unable to get our dinghy, outboard and clutter to the now distant low-tide water. I'll spare you...

You mean after a long passage to windward in a stiff breeze and chop on a submarine? Yes the foredeck chimp would love it.

Well there's a first a Co32 being comfy. And you can kiss goodbye to any racing aspirations carrying all that timber.

£12 to £14K was a lot of money in 72