{"id":22,"date":"2013-02-21T16:12:02","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T16:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digital-dev.co.uk\/ultrasonic\/leisure\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2019-04-12T14:29:51","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T13:29:51","slug":"marine-fouling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ultrasonic-antifouling.com\/leisure\/how-it-works\/marine-fouling\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine Fouling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is the main cause of fouling on your hull providing a rich food source for most types of fouling and the reason that year after year, you spend large amounts of money on antifoul paints, which in fact, are becoming more and more ineffective as a result of changing legislation banning the use of chemicals, toxins and other pollutants that are harmful to the environment. If the algae (seaweed) were prevented from attaching itself to your hull in the first place, you would have no need to paint the various products on it so regularly!<\/p>\n<p>Everything in our seas, harbours and estuaries is bathed in a &#8216;soup&#8217; of living matter, and your boat can become badly fouled within just a few weeks unless protected by an effective anti-fouling system which is essential if you want to avoid these infestations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"attribute\">Attribute: http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Biofilm.jpg<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/digital-dev.co.uk\/ultrasonic\/leisure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Biofilm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-975 \" src=\"http:\/\/digital-dev.co.uk\/ultrasonic\/leisure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Biofilm.jpg\" alt=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Biofilm.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ultrasonic-antifouling.com\/leisure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Biofilm.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ultrasonic-antifouling.com\/leisure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Biofilm-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ultrasonic-antifouling.com\/leisure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Biofilm-200x90.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ultrasonic-antifouling.com\/leisure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Biofilm-180x81.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.ultrasonic-antifouling.com\/leisure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Biofilm-460x210.jpg 460w, https:\/\/www.ultrasonic-antifouling.com\/leisure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Biofilm-245x111.jpg 245w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stageblock\">\n<div class=\"stageone stage\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2677\" src=\"http:\/\/digital-dev.co.uk\/ultrasonic\/leisure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/onecir.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"36\" height=\"36\" \/>Stage 1:<\/strong> Initial attachment<\/div>\n<div class=\"stagetwo stage\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2682\" src=\"http:\/\/digital-dev.co.uk\/ultrasonic\/leisure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/cirtwo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"36\" height=\"36\" \/>Stage 2:<\/strong> Irreversible attachment<\/div>\n<div class=\"stagethre stage\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2681\" src=\"http:\/\/digital-dev.co.uk\/ultrasonic\/leisure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/cirthree.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"36\" height=\"36\" \/>Stage 3:<\/strong> Maturation<\/div>\n<div class=\"stagefour stage\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2680\" src=\"http:\/\/digital-dev.co.uk\/ultrasonic\/leisure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/cirfour.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"36\" height=\"36\" \/>Stage 4:<\/strong> Maturation II<\/div>\n<div class=\"stagefive stage\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2679\" src=\"http:\/\/digital-dev.co.uk\/ultrasonic\/leisure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/cir5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"36\" height=\"36\" \/>Stage 5:<\/strong> Dispersion<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Apart from looking unsightly, heavy fouling makes your boat slow, less responsive, less fuel efficient and more difficult to manoeuvre in close quarters situations. \u00a0Boats spend a large proportion of their working life partly submerged in water and as with all objects subjected to long periods of time in the water, boat hulls become prone to colonisation by the many micro-organisms which inhabit the aquatic environment. This colonisation is known as fouling. The extent of infestation depends on a number of factors including water temperature, salinity and productivity of the organic matter on which the organisms feed.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"How It Works\" href=\"http:\/\/digital-dev.co.uk\/ultrasonic\/leisure\/how-it-works\/antifouling-paints\/\">Antifouling paints<\/a> are applied to help prevent the build up of these organisms to some degree, but it is much better to install the Ultra system in conjunction with either a new or old antifouling paint to prevent the organisms from attaching to the hull in the first place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is the main cause of fouling on your hull providing a rich food source for most types of fouling and the reason that year after year, you spend large amounts of money on antifoul &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":20,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Marine Fouling - UltraSonic Antifouling Ltd<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ultrasonic-antifouling.com\/leisure\/how-it-works\/marine-fouling\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Marine Fouling - UltraSonic Antifouling Ltd\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It is the main cause of fouling on your hull providing a rich food source for most types of fouling and the reason that year after year, you spend large amounts of money on antifoul &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ultrasonic-antifouling.com\/leisure\/how-it-works\/marine-fouling\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UltraSonic Antifouling Ltd\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-04-12T13:29:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/digital-dev.co.uk\/ultrasonic\/leisure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Biofilm.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ultrasonic-antifouling.com\/leisure\/how-it-works\/marine-fouling\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ultrasonic-antifouling.com\/leisure\/how-it-works\/marine-fouling\/\",\"name\":\"Marine Fouling - UltraSonic Antifouling Ltd\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ultrasonic-antifouling.com\/leisure\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-02-21T16:12:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-04-12T13:29:51+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ultrasonic-antifouling.com\/leisure\/how-it-works\/marine-fouling\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ultrasonic-antifouling.com\/leisure\/how-it-works\/marine-fouling\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ultrasonic-antifouling.com\/leisure\/how-it-works\/marine-fouling\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ultrasonic-antifouling.com\/leisure\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How Ultrasonic Works to Prevent Growth\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ultrasonic-antifouling.com\/leisure\/how-it-works\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Marine Fouling\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ultrasonic-antifouling.com\/leisure\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ultrasonic-antifouling.com\/leisure\/\",\"name\":\"UltraSonic Antifouling Ltd\",\"description\":\"Ultrasonic Antifouling for Powerboats, Motorboats, Sailboats &amp; 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