Coppercoat anti-foul achieves a ‘clean sweep’ in the 2017-18 Clipper Round The World Race
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The Coppercoat on the Clipper boat hulls revealed no loss of coating thickness after 2017-2018 Clipper Round The World Race.
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In a 5 year immersion test, completed by Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Coppercoat outperformed all other anti-fouls. Panels treated with Coppercoat (the five dark green panels) remained the cleanest and lost the least thickness. Coppercoat® is currently celebrating its own memorable result in the aftermath of the 2017-2018 Clipper Round The World Race. When the Clipper boats were finally lifted out after 40,000NM of racing and 16 months of continual immersion, the Coppercoat® on their hulls revealed no loss of coating thickness. Barring the faintest trace of slime at the waterline in some parts, the hulls were virtually spotless. So well did the Coppercoat® anti-foul perform that, for the first time in the Clipper’s 22-year history, the boats did not need to be lifted out at the halfway mark in Sydney for repainting. As every boat owner is all too painfully aware, lifting out vessels to clean off old anti-foul and apply a new coat can be a slow and costly business, so Coppercoat’s matchless resilience meant substantial savings in time and money for Clipper Race organisers and crews alike. “How the yachts perform is critical, not only to racing success but also to the planning and logistics of a race on this scale,” observes Clipper Race Director, Mark Light. “Coppercoat has surpassed our expectations, and as our preparations commence for the 2019-20 edition we have every confidence that the anti-foul will allow superb performance of our race yachts for many circumnavigations to come.”
“Coppercoat has surpassed our expectations, and as our preparations commence for the 2019-20 edition we have every confidence that the anti-foul will allow superb performance of our race yachts for many circumnavigations to come.” Clipper Race Director, Mark Light
“This enormously successful outcome understandably delighted us, the crews and the race organisers in equal measure,” adds Coppercoat® Director Ewan Clark. “Look no further for a clear vindication of Coppercoat’s efficiency and longevity.” Such positive feedback contrasts markedly with recent testimony from sailors involved in another circumnavigation race, who reported their conventional anti-fouls lasting for less than six months. By this point, barnacle growth on some hulls was so advanced that it was calculated to be responsible for a 0.5 to 1 knot reduction in boat speed for every hour sailed. Following a thorough examination of the 2017-2018 Clipper Race boats, it is estimated that the existing Coppercoat® treatments should remain effective for at least a further two full circumnavigations, lasting to 2022 and perhaps beyond.
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