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How nasty? Depends on how you look at it. The nastier it is the more herring that hang around under it at the slip. It depends on what time of year it is. The warmer the water gets, the faster stuff grows. Barnacles are the biggest problem, but if I leave it out of the water on a nice hot day everything is killed. Then I take it for a nice fast cruise and anything the power washer missed gets polished off. The brown stain is hard to get off, but scubbin bubbles takes it right off if it bothers you. I've left it in for over a month in August, and I lost about 10% off the top end. Actual savings add up. I burn about 1000 gals. a season so that's about a $600-700 savings right there. Add bottom paint @ $500 a season (if hired out) and that's 1200 a season. I got a price of $300 to profesionally clean the bottom to make it look brand new before I sell it so the light brown stain doesn't bother me.
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