[Legless]

Hey Stiffy you know why they call em boats don't you? BOAT stands for Bring Out Another Thousand.... I too grew up in a hire boat business and you would be pretty safe sanding off the bottom without a mask as red lead was only used above the waterline and inside. Getting rid of the paint on the rest of the boat was generally done with a blow torch and scraper, none of these new fangled orbital or belt sanders. Antifouling doesn't stick to red lead, actually it doesn't stick to much except its own primer. Things may have changed though as its been 40 years since I was a kid in a boatshed. Yes plenty of copper nails and rivets too, used to use the old style clothes iron as a dolly. Well it was old style 40 years ago, they're probably classified by the national trust now. Should come up nice.

cheers