During the winter of 2009 to 2010 the entire bottom paint antifouling layer was scraped off and the hull was left to dry. In the spring of 2010 a number of layers of epoxy sealer was put on the hulls underwater part. It is looking great!
This is how I looked after a couple of hours scraping. Blue in the face! But it was nice to see the difference after so many hours of work.
Before:
And after scraping off the 0.5 inch layer of AF paint:
