Best bottom paint for southern boats?

I believe you may be thinking of "Seaslide". I tried it once with the 65 Donzi over ablative bottom paint with no quantifiable results. Big qualifier here is that I did not really have the time nor crew to try and find results. Secondly it's not supposed to last as long with ablative paint- it's better with a hard paint. It's certainly worth a second look IMHO if you have the right conditions to apply it- meaning you have a boat which already has hard paint or are stripping the bottom and moving to hard paint and wish to spend the money on a unproven product.

Here is a brief overview of what's available and what their experiences are with each type from a shipping co.

http://www.walleniuslines.com/System/Environment-2009-WEB/Solutions/Antifouling/

Anti foulings are a continually evolving business so there are regularly " new" types appearing that claim to do everything

Here is one that seems to do most of what it says on the tin.

http://www.jotun.com/ww/en/b2b/paintsandcoatings/products/megayacht-imperial-antifouling.aspx

Kiwi,
That web page is not working.

Google is having a similar experience providing a good link.

https://www.google.com/#q=jotun.com+b2b+paints+and+coatings+products+megayacht+imperial+antifouling+

Works for me.

The whole Jotun site has problems at this time.

Link works, now.

http://www.walleniuslines.com/System/Environment-2009-WEB/Solutions/Antifouling/

I just tried my original posting of the link and it worked just fine

I used Sea-slide on one boat that had hard paint, the boat did pick up 2 knots and seemed to maintain the speed for 14 months. I don't think I'd try it on ablative.

I have had good results in South Florida with the Seahawk Ku-cote ablative. It seems to work well. However, one one boat I managed we put it over Petit Hydrocoat and it worked well for a year, then the second bottom job time used the seahawk again and then both layers of the seahawk peeled off of the Petit. Seahawk did offer up and give free paint, but nothing more. However, I use it on all my management boats that have ablative and am very happy with it's effectiveness.

I also use the Cukote in black and it seems to be a good paint. What hard paint did you use? When/if we buy a faster boat I'd like to move to a hard paint.

I've had very good results with the top Interlux hard paint. I believe it's the Ultra.

What’s wrong with Micron 66?

Is it the US ‘green’ version? If yes, we are lucky with the extra sh*t added, for a long trouble free period!

I find it to be the least effective bottom paint here in South Florida. Boats I've had that had it were growing algae on the waterline the first month, and you needed a diver within 6 weeks of painting it. The seahawk doesn't grow any algae and is also very effective against barnacles for a long time. My preference is hard paint as I find it to be a heck of a lot more effective than any ablative, but if you have ablative you're stuck with ablative. I've also had good luck with the Petit Vivid and hydrocoat, Micron Ultra is ok. Adding a 6 ounce bottle of cayenne pepper to the bottom paint helps a lot too.

Paints may perform better in one region over other's, and vice-versa