TTECH FILESRenolit Dolphin S Trials on Lake Constance © deutscher-digitaldrucker.deThe twin-hulled catamaran ferry Con-stance has been doing the trip between Friedrichshafen and Constance for more than 24 years, each year attract-ing crowds of guests, as well as some FULLsubmerged unwanted guests: mussels and barnacles attaching themselves to the hull and creating drag. Even with AGENDAantifouling applied, the vessel had to JUNE 18 – 20, 2019come out of the water every two years MIAMI BEACH CONVENTION CENTERfor cleaning. RENOLIT DOLPHIN S is a biocide-ANNOUNCEDfree antifouling ? lm that could be a so-lution.RENOLIT MARITIME system part-ner “bodensee-bootsfolierungen.de” was given the job of applying test strips of this ? lm to the forward sections of the underwater hulls where the me-chanicals loads are the greatest. The rest of the catamaran’s hulls as well as the other two catamarans that the ferry com-pany operates on Lake Constance were VITTORIO GARRONIFOUNDER & PRESIDENTtreated with conventional antifouling paints. This allowed the functionality of RENOLIT DOLPHIN S to be tested in a direct comparison. The manufacturer re-ports good results, as a catamaran coated with ? lm would only have to be taken out of the water every ? ve years, mainly because above the speed of 5 knots the ? lm is self-cleaning. Moreover, the ap-plication of RENOLIT DOLPHIN S is totally emissions-free. BGSTUDIO ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ © deutscher-digitaldrucker.de © deutscher-digitaldrucker.dewww.marinelink.com 53MR #3 (50-57).indd 53 3/8/2019 11:16:44 AM