For those of you who are geeky like the engineer in me, I did some more looking over the weekend at ship hull coatings like the one the Disney Magic is going to get in dry dock soon.
Here is probably what it comes close too, if this isn't the actual stuff:
International Marine Intersleek 900
This particular coating is made by a British company. The coating in question has been used on more than 100 ships (it's predecessor Intersleek 700 was far more than that of course).
As we speculated, other cruise lines are using it already, predominately Carnival (WARNING: PDF link).
The manufacturer claims an up to 6% increase in efficiency and less hull issues to deal with in subsequent dry docks: it's ding resistant, slimy, gooey thing resistant (they call it fowling and slime), and also helps resist steel deterioration under the coating and is environmentally friendly.
Plus, it's nice and glossy... something like it should look good an Disney's ladies of the sea.
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Thanks Mike,
I was wondering about the paint.I wrote about it yesterday but I was unsuccessful in finding out about it but was unsuccessful in finding info.
Thanks again!
=) Karen
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