Kathy,
It depends on the lake, but yes, generally speaking you need an  
anti-fouling layer. On Lake Hartwell, any boat without anti-fouling will get a  stripe 
around the hull at the water line in just a days use. It's caused by  algae 
in the water. That being said, I sailed for several seasons without it,  
but found myself cleaning the bottom while in the water more often. I used a  
dive mask and snorkel and a sponge to simply wash the algae off the bottom. 
I've  found that bottom paint is better.
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 10/16/2010 8:34:21 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jbarron1 at cinci.rr.com writes:


OK,  probably a dumb question.... is bottom paint necessary if the boat is 
only  sailed in fresh water?  Mine hasn't been done since we bought the boat 
 from Stan in 2007.
Kathy 

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