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In-water hull cleaning

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When the bottom of your boat starts growing a sea food salad, the options are simple, pay for an expensive haul-out and use a power washer to clean it off, or take the plunge and clean it in the water – which is what I usually do.

I like to move it

The type of growth you get on the

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