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Sea Hawk’s Monterey and Interlux’s Micron Optima performed best overall. The water-based Interlux Fiberglass Bottomkote Aqua and West Marine PCA share Best Buy honors.

Testers inspect the Florida painted panels after roughly six months in the water. At this point, the paints are anonymous. Later, a binary code is used to ID the paints.

With prices still hovering around $3 a gallon for gas and $2.50 a gallon for diesel, many boat owners are looking for ways to maximize the fuel efficiency of their vessels. Some are turning to single-engine boats. Others may be throttling back a bit, running the engine(s) at their most miserly rpm settings for shorter distances. And, dare we say, some boaters are just not boating as much. The boat is sitting on the trailer, at its slip, or on the mooring for longer periods. …