How do I get a boat bottom cleaned while boat is in the water?

Question

Boat is 38' sailboat.

Answer 1

A good, high speed hard grounding will usuall knock the stuff off.

Might be a little tough with your boat though......

Start with sand bars and work your way up to oyster bars for stubborn deposits.

Answer 2

Capt. John that is the best answer I do believe I have seen given on this forum!! Congrats!!!!

Answer 3

When I was in the Navy, divers would come scrub the hull using a rotating scrub brush which was powered by air lines connected to an air pump. I don't know if you can get a rig like that or not.

Answer 4

get a pole with a hard bristled brush, such as a broom handle, and start scrubbing away. you might not get all of it but it will come out better than it is now

Answer 5

hire a diver.

Answer 6

start swimming

Answer 7

You can do it yourself in snorkel gear with a scrubbing brush or a scraper. If you have SCUBA gear, that would be even better.

I know a diving couple who do it for a modest fee.

If you don't have scuba gear, you can get snorkelling stuff for a very modest outlay.

Answer 8

Jmill has the bet answer.... just remember to come up for air!!

Answer 9

Ah ha...

     I live aboard my 48 footer and my oldest son lives on his 32 foot sloop. Last year after a trip to Barbados from Galveston, (our home port) He came home with the grandest of ideas and we have been using it ever since... He learned about it in the Caribbean.

     We now take our power washer, and with a 20' extension hose from the power to the wand... we go overboard and power wash our hulls... It is fast and easy... especially if you have someone on board to move the power washer down the line as you go...

Happy & Safe Boating!

Answer 10

Some hull can be laid atop hard sand by retreating tide and

worked until flood lifts it anew.

Answer 11

put on a snorkle and some goggles and scrape it with a putty knife

Answer 12

dive in yourself or hire a scuba diver to do the work