What is the Necessity for a Boat Bottom Cleaning Service?


Boat bottom cleaning is a common service offered by all yacht maintenance companies. It is a process of removing strains from the boat bottom using specially made underwater cleaning equipment. The boat captain will know the importance of this service at the time of a long journey and they will hire only experts to work on this service.

Importance of Boat Bottom Cleaning Service
Without cleaning a boat for a long time, the boat speed will decrease rapidly. Also, slime layers will form at the bottom of the boat. This slime layer will increase the friction rate of the boat and leads to heavy fuel consumption. Running boat with high fuel consumption will easily damage the engine and cause malfunction. Another important thing to note is micro-organisms which mostly live in the slime layers. To get rid of these issues and to run the boat at an optimal condition, this service is important and should be done at least once in a year.

Cleaning the Boat Bottom
Nowadays, professional divers are available to clean the boat bottom when the boat is anchored in the middle ocean. In earlier days, the boat must have to bring back to any nearby dock areas to perform this service. We know that cleaning a boat is easy, but we must consider the animals and plants living in the underwater. The workers are going to clean the boat body which contains harmful micro-organisms. If you clean the boat with the normal diver, he will clean the boat but what happens to other living things. So, whenever a boat bottom cleaning service is necessary, hire expert divers at the time to prevent these kinds of problems.

The Most Difficult Job in Underwater Career
We all know that diving in the middle of the ocean is very scary and not an easy one. Then, think how difficult is to work inside as an boat bottom cleaner in the cold water and dark environment. Even standing in a place in between the tides is a very complicated one. The visibility level will decrease slowly when we go deeper into the water. At the time, the divers need to carry special lighting equipment. Another one is scuba tanks. Every diver has this oxygen and hydrogen filled scuba tanks to do respiration inside the water. They must maintain the level of oxygen and hydrogen level constant to prevent the explosion. For all these reasons, this job is considered as the most difficult job in the underwater career.

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