Pettit Premium HRT— Report Back after One Year

[Quantico Frank]

Here's a data point: I had been looking for a really good bottom paint for sailing both in fresh and salt water which I do various times each season. The company that I have paint my bottom recommended, after a lot of research with the manufacturers on their part, Pettit Premium HRT. I'm liking it at this point primarily because it looks like I'm going to get a second season out of the paint job they did before last season. I wasn't getting that with the the other paint that I had been using, Interlux Micron VC-17m. $500 saved is $500 earned!

[Dave Scobie]

VC17 isn't really good for anything besides low fouling locations.  I've seen folks try and use in the PNW with very bad results.

[Riggerdood]

That's great intel Frank, thanks. If my boat ever goes back into a slip at Lake Perris, I'll probably go with that, since I'll also be sailing both fresh and saltwater at times.

[Quantico Frank]

VC17 isn't really good for anything besides low fouling locations.  I've seen folks try and use in the PNW with very bad results.

Seems to me that VC-17m is heavily used on inland lakes and rivers in the east and mid-west. It kinda worked for me, but not as well as the Petit product.

[Dave Scobie]

Seems to me that VC-17m is heavily used on inland lakes and rivers in the east and mid-west. It kinda worked for me, but not as well as the Petit product.

On Lake Dillon CO many folks used VC17.  I ran boats without and they looked about the same when hauled at the end of the season (mid-May through the end of September). Dillon was so cold it was extremely low fouling.