Just another day in the fossil fuel death spiral, an added advantage, and in the "As far from sporting as you can get" department...
I also use Rust-oleum 'aluminum' protective enamel for the hull and it only costs $12.99 a quart. It's an odd paint being mostly aluminum but a single test coat I put on in 2017 (just after Hurricane Maria) has held up really well. Next haul out I'll be doing two coats which will only take a gallon and cost less than $50 bucks. When you consider that a single quart of one part polyurethane these days goes for $50 or more that's a huge savings. The only downside is that a lot of folks think I have an aluminum boat.
I keep meaning to compare and test the Rust-oleum Protective Enamel in white to the white Rust-oleum Topside as it's less than $12 dollars and seems quite similar to the "marine" version.
As I'm not a fan of linear polyurethane silliness for cruising boats I won't bother to point out what AwlGrip and reasonable facsimiles cost.
Listening to some variations on a theme songs
So it goes...
