No dry storage in my area, any one leave there vipers in the water?

[Drew Harper]

Ok

You said " .....you need to keep it sealed with wax. It's no biggie though...just makes the boat faster :-)))"

Putting wax on your hull will not help speed, it will hurt it.  A special polish like hullcoat might be different.   

Do I understand you right??  boy...?

Waxing your hull makes the boat faster? 

Seems like a good opportunity for a technical debate.

There's a fiberglass wash that they'll use, then rubout with 3m finishing compound, then wax with carunuba.

You should know that after this process you'll need to keep wax on the hull pretty constantly. The process of stripping paint opens the porosity of the gelcoat up so you need to keep it sealed with wax. It's no biggie though...just makes the boat faster :-)))

Have at it boy...

What's your proof?..of course you have the data. Can you show it to us?

I'm trying to get you to do all the work here.

[Jeff Jones]

goober

Ok

You said " .....you need to keep it sealed with wax. It's no biggie though...just makes the boat faster :-)))"

Putting wax on your hull will not help speed, it will hurt it.  A special polish like hullcoat might be different.   

Do I understand you right??  boy...?

Waxing your hull makes the boat faster? 

Seems like a good opportunity for a technical debate.

There's a fiberglass wash that they'll use, then rubout with 3m finishing compound, then wax with carunuba.

You should know that after this process you'll need to keep wax on the hull pretty constantly. The process of stripping paint opens the porosity of the gelcoat up so you need to keep it sealed with wax. It's no biggie though...just makes the boat faster :-)))

Have at it boy...

What's your proof?..of course you have the data. Can you show it to us?

I'm trying to get you to do all the work here.

[shadowboxer]

So far its not been as bad as I expected. We usually launch and rig the evening before and leave it at the dock at the marina so that I don't have to rush on race night. We then pull it on the weekend and wipe the bottom down. Its fresh water so its only a little slime during that time. We leave it out for a few days to let the gel coat dry out.

My biggest concern is blistering from the gel coat but I am guessing that they have changed the chemicals in gel to make them less of a problem then the fiberglass boats of the 70s and 80s.

I may try to come up with some type of Jet ski dock that would get the hull out. The Hydro hoist is what some of the Melges 24 have used but seems like way overkill for the Viper.