{"id":22,"date":"2013-02-21T16:12:02","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T16:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digital-dev.co.uk\/ultrasonic\/superyacht\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2020-04-08T14:02:11","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T13:02:11","slug":"marine-fouling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ultrasonic-antifouling.com\/superyacht\/how-it-works\/marine-fouling\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine Fouling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is the main cause of fouling on the hull of vessels, providing a rich food source for most types of fouling and the reason that year after year, superyacht owners 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) and bio-films were prevented from attaching in the first place, owners would have no need to paint the various products on it so regularly, allow the vessel to stay in the water for longer and dramatically reduce the maintenance and associated costs.<\/p>\n<p>Everything in our seas, harbours, ports and estuaries is bathed in a &#8216;soup&#8217; of living matter, yachts 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=\"https:\/\/www.ultrasonic-antifouling.com\/superyacht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Biofilm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-975 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.ultrasonic-antifouling.com\/superyacht\/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\/superyacht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Biofilm.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ultrasonic-antifouling.com\/superyacht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Biofilm-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ultrasonic-antifouling.com\/superyacht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Biofilm-200x90.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ultrasonic-antifouling.com\/superyacht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Biofilm-180x81.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.ultrasonic-antifouling.com\/superyacht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Biofilm-460x210.jpg 460w, https:\/\/www.ultrasonic-antifouling.com\/superyacht\/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=\"https:\/\/www.ultrasonic-antifouling.com\/superyacht\/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=\"https:\/\/www.ultrasonic-antifouling.com\/superyacht\/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=\"https:\/\/www.ultrasonic-antifouling.com\/superyacht\/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=\"https:\/\/www.ultrasonic-antifouling.com\/superyacht\/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=\"https:\/\/www.ultrasonic-antifouling.com\/superyacht\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/cir5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"36\" height=\"36\" \/>Stage 5:<\/strong> Dispersion<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Heavy fouling makes a yacht slow, less responsive, less fuel efficient and more difficult to manoeuvre in close quarters situations.\u00a0 Superyachts spend a large proportion of their time partly submerged in water and as with all objects subjected for long periods of time, hulls, sea chests, strainers, seawater pipework and box coolers 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:\/\/www.ultrasonic-antifouling.com\/commercial\/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 UltraSystem in conjunction with either a new or old antifoul paint to prevent the organisms from attaching in the first place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is the main cause of fouling on the hull of vessels, providing a rich food source for most types of fouling and the reason that year after year, superyacht owners spend large amounts of &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 - 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