Absolute Boat Care, the specialist super yacht finishing service company, has entered their 16th year of business announcing that their dedicated paint team have recently started the 300th anti-foul application project aboard the outstanding 42m charter yacht NATORI, launched by Baglietto to a design by acclaimed Jon Bannenberg in 2009.
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Simon Aston, Sales Director at Absolute Boat Care, said: ‘’We have the ability to give our clients choice for the method of their anti-foul system application due to the fact that we have such an experienced team. 70% of our clients opt for an airless spray application to ensure an even coverage and better performance due to more paint being applied during the process. The ability to use a spray application means we can achieve a smoother finish giving the added benefit of saving fuel as it allows the boat to travel easier through the water.
Over the years, we have built a fantastic relationship with our Akzo Nobel technical representative to ensure the perfect result, and out of the 300 applications, approximately 30 projects were sandblasted back to bare metal, or primers, and a full new anti foul system applied. We are also authorised Propspeed and Propgold applicators and use one or the other to approximately 80% of jobs.’’
Absolute Boat Care boast a number of long standing clients that regularly return for their anti-foul and other finishing services. First Officer of M/Y VAVA said: ‘‘We have been using ABC for our anti-fouling for the last three years and during that time we have always found their service to be of the highest quality as well as being very competitively priced. I have no hesitation in recommending them.”
