How Often Should You Clean The Hull of Your Boat?
To optimize boat performance, hull cleaning is desirable as soon as fouling accrues. This normally happens every 4-12 weeks. There are a few factors that will have an impact on…
1150 boats cleaned at Vollen Marina, Norway
In Sweden, cleaning the hull of your boat with brushes during the season has been a smart and environmentally friendly alternative to the use of toxic antifouling paints for years.…
Boatowner Survey shows High Levels of Customer Satisfaction with BIGWASH
Consumer feedback from a recent (2018) Drive In Boat Wash user survey is very positive. Bosö Boat Club in Stockholm introduced BIGWASH. Iin 2015 as a key strategy in its…
Norwegian Government Pledges Financial Aid Package to Tackle Micro Plastics
650 tonnes of plastic are released each year into Norway’s harbors. A significant source of micro-plastics is the anti-fouling paint used by leisure boaters. As part of new pollution prevention…
Drive-in Boatwash Visit Washington State
In recent years, Washington State has been working to legislate for some of the most progressive environmental legislation on anti-fouling in the US. Bjorn and Fiona Alvén representing Drive-in Boatwash…
Drive-in Boatwash recommended in Washington State Antifouling Boat Paint Alternatives Research Report
Northwest Green Chemistry is a non-profit organization of social and environmental engineers based in Washington State, US. They work to foster innovation and economic opportunities through sustainable green chemistry and…
Hull cleaning in Canada
Kylie Chailler is the owner of the first hull cleaning business of its kind in North America. This week, CTV Vancouver paid him a visit to talk about his ambitions…
How Bosö Boat Club Reduced Anti-Fouling Usage by 90%
Stricter environmental laws call for innovative thinking amongst stakeholders in the marine industry. When Swedish law restricted copper based anti-fouling products altogether, Bosö Boat club in Stockholm decided it was…
Interview: Harbor Master’s Experience With BIGWASH
A short drive north of Stockholm, lies the small town of Waxholm. The town is a connection hub for the many ferry lines to the islands in the area, and…
Drive-in Boatwash Wins race in Port of San Diego ‘Blue Economy’ Project
Drive-in Boatwash (trading as Rentunder Holding AB) has signed a cooperation agreement with the San Diego Unified Port District (SDPD). The agreement is to install a BIGWASH machine for the…
Cleaner Canada With Drive-in Boatwash
Canada's first ever Drive-in Boatwash is now open for business on beautiful Vancouver Island and looking forward to your custom! Heartiest congratulations to Kyle Chailler and his team at Hydroclean…
Norway gets its first hull cleaning machine
Drive-in Boatwash will deliver Norway’s first hull brush washing machine to Vollen, Norway in June 2017. This exciting partnership with Project Green Marina, Vollen, will support antifouling elimination by combining…
New Zealand press: “To anti foul or not to anti foul”?
Drive-in Boatwash was recently mentioned in an article by The New Zealand Herald. [...] Sweden has seen entrepreneurs developing alternatives, and recently Björn Alven, the co-owner of boatwash company Rentunder, was…
