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RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] EURONAUT color

Hello Peter and Carsten
I hope the antifouling paint you are using is TBT free.  Some antifouling agents are very toxic and they cause problems to marine life like hormonal disorders adn in many cases are simply deadly.  The biggest problem is that  some compunds are kept in the alimentary chain and we as final consumers of fish or shell fish are eating this compunds.  Most of them are not deadly for humans but are related with impotence and infertility.
I know is nice to have a clean hull but as a biologist I have learned that places where no bugs can grow are places where no humans can live.
I hope no one is using TBT antifouling paints or other with cianyde or arsenic.
Best wishes
Jürgen

Joseph Perkel <joeperkel@hotmail.com> wrote:
Peter,
You are correct antifouling paint does "slough off" quite easily. It's quite messy stuff. If I were to own a dockside sub, I would opt for standard topside coatings.
Incidentally, a neat trick to determine a new vessels true waterline, is to let her sit in calm water for several days fully fueled, then haul out again. This will mark the line nicely.
Joe

From: "Peter Madsen" <peter@submarines.dk>
Reply-To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] EURONAUT color
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 23:25:20 +0200

Carsten and others...
 
 
What is right...do you paint a submarine in antifouling paint from keel to top periscope, or only to surfaced construction water line ?
 
Did Carstens answer meant he gives EURONAUT blue paint up to this or is it the whole boat ? Anti fouling paints are not always good for anything else then antifouling - some will very fast get rubbed off if used on deck.
 
We have today all of Kraka covered with antifouling - but I am not sure if people generally thinks a boat in that style looks better with a marked waterline - last year Kraka was red below water - now all is dull black.
 
Comments wellcome.
 
 
Regards,
 
Peter 

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