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ooo I thought I was pushing it a bit with the Lancastrian jibe, but sorry mate thas dead!! (brave though)

Throw the bugger at the wall if it doesn't stick it'll do another month! (Lancastrian tip obviously)

This gentleman has a serious concern about the weed growth at and about the waterline of his boat, and your flippant response to his problem is just typical of the help that is dished out on this forum. You failed to point out any, but fortunately I picked up on your in-admission, attractants. If you did indeed care anything about the OP you could have pointed out the 7 day plan to reduce algae/ weed growth on the waterline areas. You also failed on where the attractant can be purchased, so I will also advise on this. Do not go for the more expensive variants that are found on the internet there is a lesser known substance that will do the attraction, that can be purchased, at your local fishing tackle supply shop. I think they call it 'ground bait'. After mixing with water, it forms a paste (don't use too much water), the fisherman believe, wrongly, this is an attractant for fish, but spend all day waving nets in the air and making strange hissing noises to make their attractant less attractive! (we are a strange breed) Once you have the desired mix (experimentation is the key, but I'm sure you will become an expert) approximately 1 inch (25mm for the young uns) above the waterline, smear the paste along the canal side of the boat (there is a considerable decline in its effectiveness on the tow path side, further trials required to find out why). On day two Firstly check wether the applied attractant as been effective, (disappearance of the attractive agent) if it has, great!, you can move to stage two, if not then you will have to take stage two up to and including 50 meters either side of your boat. Stage two is simply any flour based substance thrown liberal into the cut (not on the tow path side, further experiments required to find out why this practice is ineffectual) Keep repeating stage two for up to and including 5 days. On day 6 repeat the paste to the canal side of the boat. But this time actually on the waterline! IMPORTANT - When applying the paste (second application) make sure this is NOT on a Friday or Saturday, this is the main days us hire people take our craft and could have a detrimental effect on the ability of the attractant to stick to your boat. On day seven and going forward, if the attractant as been effective, you will only need to apply a small amount of the flour based substance on a daily basis to keep the weed / algae at bay. In finishing this post I just wish to advise KevMc, please be careful with your advice, its ok to joke but there are loads of people out there that will take you serious, here;s hoping