I have a 48' Ferro-Cement Sail Boat located in CA. How much would it cost to scrape and paint the Hull?

Below the water line exterior only.I have a 48' Ferro-Cement Sail Boat located in CA. How much would it cost to scrape and paint the Hull?
to add to the do it yourself cost per foot folks....ferro cement boats have a serious, amaybe even fatal, weakness...the ferro part; ie there's a steel mesh inside the hull's concrete, just like a road or a patio slab; if there's leaking...and remember there's a good deal of pressure forcing sea water into a hull, then the steel rusts, expands more water gets, more rust, and its hell on earth........many folks say impossible... to ever fix the hull again. USCG down here just withdrew the certificate from a ferro day sailor with this problem. You need to be ABSOLUTELY SURE EVERY SQUARE INCH of the bottom is sound, then paint with many barrier coats before you get around to the anti fouling paint. Read the paint cans, look at Interlux and Pettits web sites, look at Sansom Marine.....big builder of ferro boats ...for a good paint SYSTEM....barrier coat, primer, paint.....once sea water gets into a ferro hull its life is limited to maybe a few years...I have a 48' Ferro-Cement Sail Boat located in CA. How much would it cost to scrape and paint the Hull?
Obviously somebody who knows what they are talking about !

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Most boats absorb water and you will need to remove the old paint, allow it time to dry then seal, prime and paint.
If there's a Do-it- yourself yard in the area, they'll charge you a haul out fee (which includes putting it back in) and then daily storage. Many of them require that if you're painting the botom, that you use a paint supplied by them, for EPA reasons. A 48 foot boat should take you about 1 week to complete, or you can finish it in a weekend with 2-3 people working on it.


If you want the yard to do the whole job, it'll cost an average of $25 - $35 a linear foot. By doing it yourself, you can get as good a job, and save over $1000.
It's done buy the sg.foot of the bottom and has tobe taken out of the water and cleaned first, then primed, sealed, then bottom paint applied, then return to the water within 24 hours of painting.





Call a full service marina which does bottom paint and repair.
Check with boatyards in your area for the cost to haul, scrape, prep and paint. For my 38' sailboat the cost is around $1400. If I do it myself it is about $400 less. Unfortunately not all boatyards allow you to do your own work.
$16.00 US