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Antifouling is a hot topic at the moment. In our November issue we encouraged you to fi ll in a
they hoped could be used to inform and rationalise potential EU legislation survey led by the British Coatings Federation which
regarding DIY application of antifouling. They received over 2,000 responses and will call a meeting in February to discuss how to use the information gleaned,
hopefully to the advantage of boat owners, so thank you to everyone that took part. We’ll keep you informed.At the same time, all the paint
manufacturers are researching and releasing new technologies to reduce environmental impact and (one suspects, more to the point) to future-proof their
businesses against ever-tightening legal restrictions on the use of biocides. And the third reason it’s a hot
topic right now is the time of year – if you’re not looking at antifouling at the moment, it’s not long
now until you’ll have fiChristmas dinner, overcome the January blues and started thinking about getting the boat ready for spring. nished digesting
this month’s magazine to the results of our round-Britain antifouling test. A year in the making and even longer in the That’s why we’ve devoted a large slice of
planning, this brings you the results of a season’s immersion of 20 popular paints in 13 UK locations. We focused on single-pot eroding paints and found some
interesting results: clear regional variations in fouling and consequent variations in which paints are most effective. We’ve drawn our conclusions and published
them for you to peruse, but all the photos we used to draw them are there too, so if you need to see how your favourite paint fared or check if the chandler’s latest
special offer is a good investment, youshould have the information you need.London Boat Show preview page. The big news for us this year is that the show You’ll also fi nd in this edition our
marks the end of our ownership of Biruwe will draw the competition and pass her to her new owners. This is your last ; after her appearance at the show Hantu
opportunity to see the boat and to enter the competition – we hope to see you there. Serendipitously, the show organisers have given the event a 1960s
theme, so boats her own age for company!plenty of winter projects, large and small. As always, this month’s PBO includes Hantu Biru should have some
Our winter sailing feature includes a host of tips to keep sailing fun in chilly temperatures, and David Harding tests two very different trailer-sailers which,
remarkably for the 21st century, are both built in Britain. And (one of my personal favourites to keep
identifying dolphins, porpoises and whales squirrelled away for the spring) we bring you an expert guide to
from the flfactory, a UK manufacturer of lifejackets who celebrate their 50th birthday in On shore we take a tour of the SeaSafe ip of a fi n or the fl ash of a fl ank.- They aren’t the only ones – the Contessa 26 celebrates her 50th anniversary too, which means that my brother Ben and I will be spending much
of our time off working on board Dragonand the events the owners’ association have planned. She’s been completely , getting her ready for next year Red
repainted, had her interior refiwe’re now considering a heater – warm springtime sailing, here we come!As our last issue before Santa’s expedition tted and
I’d like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy Christmas and all good wishes for the coming New Year.Fair winds,
David Pugh
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the tidewith the editor