Boat hull colours

   i saw a silver hulled contender at their italian nationals last year on
lake garda it was so shiny you could see your face in it. 

i think the bloke who owned it spent half the time polishing it!!

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bISOtted Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 29 Jan 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 7	Post Options Post Reply Quote bISOtted Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Boat hull colours Posted: 01 Feb 05 at 6:20pm
	i saw a silver hulled contender at their italian nationals last year on lake garda it was so shiny you could see your face in it. i think the bloke who owned it spent half the time polishing it!!

neil 4450 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Newbie Joined: 01 Feb 05 Location: Scotland Online Status: Offline Posts: 30	Post Options Post Reply Quote neil 4450 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 01 Feb 05 at 6:53pm
	[QUOTE=Calum_Reid]The inside of the boats changed colour from dove grey to m

neil 4450 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Newbie Joined: 01 Feb 05 Location: Scotland Online Status: Offline Posts: 30	Post Options Post Reply Quote neil 4450 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 01 Feb 05 at 6:55pm
	[dont get a slow 400 get a fast 4000

redback Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 16 Mar 04 Location: Tunbridge Wells Online Status: Offline Posts: 1502	Post Options Post Reply Quote redback Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 08 Mar 05 at 7:00pm
	Crewed a 400 on Sunday. It reminded me how good it is. We didn't get a very good start but were free to tack off from the fleet and went into the lead, soon caught by a 800 which went on to win. We were piped by another on the final beat due to missing a big shift on one side of the lake. It was hard work, I guess the wind was about a 4 since the 800 was twin wiring downwind. There was less wind in the afternoon and we had one of those moments at the leeward mark with boats converging from all directions which unsettled our gybe and we went for a swim. The water was freezing - I could feel it soaking in through the zip down my back as I dragged the spinnaker back into the chute. That rather took the fight out of us and we finished 13th out of about 18. I was completely tired out when I got home - not used to sitting out quite that hard in the 4000!

KnightMare Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 08 Feb 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1682	Post Options Post Reply Quote KnightMare Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 08 Mar 05 at 7:08pm
	lol sounds fun redback, and on the silver boat topic yeah it definalty has been done before we even had a cool semi silver boat in cadets took bout 6months to work out if it was silver or grey as it changed depending on waht direction you looked at it from. And using car paints would be sooooo cool if you could use the ones that changed colour depending on the direction you looked at them from. - I think one colour is called mermaid, ironic...


sailorguy Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 06 Feb 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 164	Post Options Post Reply Quote sailorguy Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 08 Mar 05 at 7:34pm
	trouble with a mirrored boat is that the mirrors would have to be all on the inside for them to be any use to you and then it would be so hard to pick anything up.
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KnightMare Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 08 Feb 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1682	Post Options Post Reply Quote KnightMare Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 08 Mar 05 at 10:07pm
	that would be serisusly weird having a mirrored surface on the inside of the boat.


redback Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 16 Mar 04 Location: Tunbridge Wells Online Status: Offline Posts: 1502	Post Options Post Reply Quote redback Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 08 Mar 05 at 10:42pm
	I think all foredecks should be painted mat black - that way they get hot and the rising thermals will keep the spinnaker full even in the lightest breezes.

Black no sugar Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 04 Dec 04 Location: Somewhere between Brighton and Lancing Online Status: Offline Posts: 3941	Post Options Post Reply Quote Black no sugar Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 09 Mar 05 at 12:14am
	Hmm, even it it was possible, I'm not sure it would get you anywhere though... Any thoughts on that one?
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Phil eltringham Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 16 Mar 04 Location: England/Hitchin Online Status: Offline Posts: 1105	Post Options Post Reply Quote Phil eltringham Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 09 Mar 05 at 12:05pm
	might work, woth a try. Redback are you doing the hamble warming pan this weekend?
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