Trailer cruising 2

[CharlieJ]

And yes, there is for sure a difference between fresh and salt water.  In warm salt water, you can have barnacles starting in four or five days. Very small, but there.

And slime will form that quickly also, but it's simple to deal with.

[CaptMac]

The reason I asked was we will be retiring next year and wanted to travel to different areas for about 2 weeks at a time and we found a small trailer sailor with the bottom never painted and wondered if we buy it should I go ahead and paint the bottom or leave it clean. If I paint it then it will always have to be painted, so I would prefer to keep it clean I guess my time in the water is on the edge. Thanks again

Jay

[CharlieJ]

Trailerable boat, two weeks at a time, should be no real problems. plan to hit a car wash place after you haul and wash down the hull. Longer than two weeks depends greatly on the area.

Here's what my dinghy bottom looked like after 8 days in west coast Florida waters- It all scrubbed off easily