
Sea Ray Sundancer 310 Before and After
Join us in Vancouver as we take on the big job of cleaning a Sea Ray Sundancer 310 cruiser. This beautiful boat had a lot of barnacles and mussels sticking to parts like the trim tabs, rudders, propellers, shafts, and struts. This happens often with power boats because these parts generally aren't painted with antifouling paint. We also found that the boat's through-hulls were mostly blocked, and the water intakes had growth in the intake ports. We had to clear these to make sure the boat can run smoothly. Another interesting thing we noticed is that the anodes on the starboard propeller shaft had more corrosion than the ones on the port propeller shaft. This could be because of a stray electrical current in the water, or even just dissimilar metals creating a saltwater circuit which causes marine electrolysis. The hull hosted a thin layer of algae slime, but no significant growth. Instead of scrubbing it off, we left it as is to protect the remaining ablative paint on the hull. Ablatives are almost like a layer of chalk on the hull which sea life has a tough time sticking on to when the boat is in motion. Filmed on a GoPro Hero 9 in Vancouver.
