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    Posted: 24 Dec 19 at 7:07pm
Originally posted by JimC

Originally posted by Sam.Spoons

I was going to paint mine white but was told the recommended white two pack is not UV resistant

Titanium dioxide - standard white paint pigment - is a standard ingredient in suncreens, and International claim their topside paints are specially formulated for high UV protection. I would be very interested to hear the justification from whoever told you that...


Also somewhere else, facebook I think in the dinghy advice or Blaze group but not found it yet.

edit :- it was Pete Jary in my Jun 19th thread on the Dinghy and boat advice group, can't seem to link to it..... this might get you there  https://www.facebook.com/groups/DinghyAndBoatAdvice/permalink/2365825226796474/

FWIW Jim, you agreed with me that car paint would work  Thumbs Up


Edited by Sam.Spoons - 24 Dec 19 at 7:17pm
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Originally posted by tink

Probably the most of topic thread ever... but still really interesting and positive.

I'm a fan of 'thread creep' these things are a bit like a conversation in the clubhouse bar after sailing, nowt wrong with them wandering off the subject a bit.  Embarrassed
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Challenger trimaran?
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Challenger??? isn't that ARGOS's own brand ? When did they start selling boats?
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Originally posted by Cirrus


... There is no such thing as 'unsuitable weather, just 'unsuitable clothing' .. as goes the saying.
Same thing with many single-hander classes.  Why on earth spend thousands on a decent boat and then not get the right clothing for the job ?  .. Many single-handers simply go faster if you do put a knee down when running very deep  - so just get a decent set of knee pads !  (Many on offer are lousy, never staying in place for more than a couple of outings - buy 'cheap' or unsuitable and you must expect to be uncomfortable.  Same thing with hikers etc etc.  Get the right stuff and you will rarely be uncomfortable .... if ever.
I've raced the Blaze for nearly 25 years now and do have a dodgy knee (but thanks to motorcycle v car incident over 40 years ago, ... the car 'won') But never had a knee  issue in the boat but then I've always gone for the right knee-pads etc - in comparison previous Lasers in particular were 'not good' for knees regardless of clothing over time !  BTW low free-board is your friend if you want to recover from capsize, quickly and easily and the inherent reduction in windage and lower centre of everything reduces the risk of capsize in the first place imo.... Wink



Please do say which ones actually work cause in 20 years I haven't found any. Current ones are Spinlock and they don't work for any more than a leg.
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I wear my spinlock ones under my hikers, provided you accept they are there to protect your knees and not just to eek more time from your wetsuit, means they can’t move around.
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I haven't found any that don't chafe the back of your legs so much that the knee pain is more acceptable.
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Originally posted by Sam.Spoons

Daniel Holman /Pete Jary

All respect to those gentlemen, but I would like to see a reference from the paint companies that their white topside paints aren't UV resistant. I haven't been a coatings chemist for 40 years, so I don't pretend to have any useful knowledge, but its rather surprising. I would not expect aerosol car paint to be superior to topside paint.
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Neptune "I wear my spinlock ones under my hikers"

Isn't that like putting an angry weasel down your trousers!
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Haha...can't say I've noticed...but boats from Argos...there's a thought, a nautical sort of name and pick up the same day. Could be the answer to all our woes! Wonder if they do Merlin Rockets....
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