VC 17 Discontinued

[pbyrne]

Rather than complain, I thought I'd ask the wise community hear what the path forward is for fresh water, northern climates.

Any ideas?

[AndyBC]

Probably not too many options other than to strip it and put another kind on, since only VC17 can be painted over VC17 as far as I understand.  I've personally always had ablative anti-fouling on my boats.  My current boat uses a water-based non-toxic ablative one called Aquagard.  This was my first season with this particular brand.  When I hauled out a couple of weeks ago, it looked really good.  Mostly some algae/slime at the waterline.

[Jim Hardesty]

The way I understand it VC-17 is available now in the original color, it's at our local dealer.  I contacted Interlux by the website about a month ago and was told VC-17 red, what I've been using, would be available in this spring.  Hope that's correct information.
Please let me know if you've heard different.
Jim

[Colonel Butler]

Buy what you can today and hopefully Interlux will have a compatible product available sometime in the next couple of years. otherwise there will be a lot of Great Lakes sailors facing expensive bottom stripping jobs!

[Dave DeAre]

I ordered 4 cans of blue yesterday from Wholesale Marine. They shipped today to arrive tomorrow. They were in stock on all colors except red. Hope this helps.