No bottom paint vs hull slime

[Fish Nut]

I kept my boat in a slip for a month this spring in colder water below 60.

I 1 month I had small tiny barnacles growing on unpainted surfaces. The small growth didn’t damaged the gel coat or metal just annoying little ba&*^#*. Used On and Off cleaner to remove the scum line and hard stains. A little elbow grease on everything else and it was back to looking like new.


Go for it.

[goinsfishin]

This time of year you will be OK for a few weeks to a month, water temps are dropping and growth is retarded......may end up with some scum but I would doubt any barnacles......a power wash followed by any good cleaner will take care of the scum.
Running the boat frequently will also keep growth down.

[240 LTS]

Kinda what I thought but wanted to be sure.
Thank you,
Jeff

[JoshKaptur]

Fresh wax before you dump her will also help!

[Gitzit 2]

Jeff,
Josh beat me to it but a fresh coat of wax will help keep some growth down
anything that does grow will come off much easier with the fresh wax
but it won't be a problem this time of year.

we take our boat to OC for a week every September and keep it in a slip.(no bottom paint)
we wax it before we go and all i need to do is hit the self serve carwash on the way out of town to clean the bottom