Barnacle growth is the crust of small shellfish that slows a hull. Heavy barnacle growth, scrape off the barnacle growth.
The animals cement themselves head down and cannot be moved without force, which is what makes the job so hard. Antifouling paint works by releasing something the larvae will not settle on.
1nounbarnacle growthThe crust of small shellfish that slows a hull.
“Barnacle growth had taken two knots off her speed.”
barnacle growth is a growth.
Practised in Sea & Sailing