Don’t fall foul...

Change is afoot in the antifouling market. Ever-tightening regulation around biocides and pollutants in the EU means that manufacturers are having to cut the leach rates and VOC (volatile organic compound) content of their products. With Britain in the wilderness post-Brexit, nobody knows whether our environmental stance will be tougher or slacker than that of the EU, but one thing is certain: if you want to take your boat into European waters, you’d be smart to think about the environmental impact of your antifouling.

So, in a spirit of non-scientific investigation, has taken