We've been home 2 1/2 months and Wild Blue has been in the water all that time. Yep, she was due for a bottom scrubbing. I could pay the marina around $200 to pull the boat and pressure wash it... or, anchor in some shallow water, hop in, and scrub it.
Joan was the "safety person" onboard. We dropped the main anchor in a cove then backed towards shore. I got off the back of the boat and hand set the second anchor. Then went to work with the brush...
The bottom was in reasonably decent shape, with some furry stuff on the sunny side and a few barnacles on the shady side. Our comparatively warm and salty water is a real breeding ground for critters. It took some scrubbing, but that job is done! The ablative bottom paint made the work easier, but I'm not sure the scrubbing is any easier on the bottom than pressure washing.
The glamorous world of boat ownership.
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