Vinyl wrap

Also guessing Chris meant '03. Don't think Angel Dust was wrapped. Can still see the yellow paint at the edges of the transom. Boat is still going strong, out point most and is devilishly quick upwind. Says allot to Chris' building ability. Will be at at Nationals this year.

Originally posted by Chris Turner I did it on the topsides only as it is good but not as tough as gelcoat...I did my Scorpion in 93, I think it is still on the boat, the boat was at Hill Head last I had seen it. Grapefruit do many of these and you can print all sorts rather than just plain colours now. I was warned off the silver as it degrades, but its ok if it only lasts a few years as you just peel it off and re apply...Much cheaper than a re spray.

The mirror finish scorpion only has the sides wrapped, the bottom is the original red gelcoat, presumably this is to avoid abrasion from the trolley. There was a photo of it capsized on the class facebook page as a caption competition not so long ago.

There's a Scorp at Bough Beech that I assume is wrapped. Metal foil lookalikey.
Looks great, and when it's tired he can get it re-done.

We looked at doing this with our B14 a couple of years ago.  The local vinyl wrapping place (usually did cars and power boats) quoted us £400 to do the underside of the hull.  The main issue they highlighted were that it would need to have a join in it as the cheap rolls were not wide enough to do it in one so would join down the center line, also they couldn't say how long ti would last/how robust it would be.

My guess is it would have been fine, however we didn't want to risk catching it on stones on the beach/nicking it in some way and not being able to repair it.  In the end we settled for a big vinyl logo on the bow and a vinyl covering the foredeck which after 2 years and a trip to Aus and back in a container is still looking very good.  I'm sure it would be fine, we just couldn't afford to take the risk at the time!