Boat hull colours

   Can anyone tell me if the colour of a hull bears any relationship to its age?
Looking for my 400 now and I have found that there are quiet a few different hull colours and being just a tad girlie i would love a lilac/purplish one! though most in my sail number and price range are grey,  grey is good but it got me thinking that maybe certain years have certain coloured hulls. Is this so?

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headfry Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 15 Jul 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 359	Post Options Post Reply Quote headfry Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Boat hull colours Posted: 06 Jan 05 at 3:37pm
	Can anyone tell me if the colour of a hull bears any relationship to its age? Looking for my 400 now and I have found that there are quiet a few different hull colours and being just a tad girlie i would love a lilac/purplish one! though most in my sail number and price range are grey, grey is good but it got me thinking that maybe certain years have certain coloured hulls. Is this so?

Doctor Clifford Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Far too distracted from work Joined: 16 Mar 04 Location: Scotland Online Status: Offline Posts: 243	Post Options Post Reply Quote Doctor Clifford Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 06 Jan 05 at 4:02pm
	the odder the colour, the harder it is to hide any dings and scratches when you want to flog it!
	regards Dr. Clifford take two tablets twice daily

headfry Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 15 Jul 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 359	Post Options Post Reply Quote headfry Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 06 Jan 05 at 4:05pm
	In the case of 400's are red and yellow hull older boats with low sail numbers?

Harry44981! Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 26 Aug 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 736	Post Options Post Reply Quote Harry44981! Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 06 Jan 05 at 4:24pm
	They do that in toppers but there is not specified order there is a red mould and a other colour which varies mould. I pressume that it is similar with rs400s (without the moulds) if you brought 1 new you could pob. choose colour. Why don't you just buy a pink kite?

Stefan Lloyd Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 03 Aug 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1599	Post Options Post Reply Quote Stefan Lloyd Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 06 Jan 05 at 7:36pm
	There is a theory that a nice bright hull colour is a good way to be identified OCS.

Garry Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 18 Apr 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 536	Post Options Post Reply Quote Garry Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 06 Jan 05 at 8:44pm
	Not wanting to be a wet blanket but: if you're OCS and know and don't go back/retire that's an infringement of rule 2 or if the PRO can't identify the boats over there should be a general recall - even if its just one boat!
	Garry Lark 2252, Contender 298 www.cuckoos.eclipse.co.uk

Rob.e Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 19 Oct 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 545	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rob.e Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 06 Jan 05 at 8:52pm
	RS do seem to make boats in colour batches, so if you know the class you could probably guess the age from the colour. In the 400's there's a pinky coloured one at Portchester thats around 550 number, and the newer ones seem to be generally grey. When they were selling most boats, there was the most variety of colours. Of course the best way of telling the age is by the sail number....lol

Calum_Reid Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Groupie Joined: 09 Apr 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 59	Post Options Post Reply Quote Calum_Reid Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 06 Jan 05 at 9:48pm
	The inside of the boats changed colour from dove grey to mist grey in 2001! Other than that the colours of the boats isnt an indication of age!


jeffers Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 29 Mar 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 3048	Post Options Post Reply Quote jeffers Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 07 Jan 05 at 1:43pm
	When I went to Plas Menai a few years ago they has a lovely pink RS400 that we got dropped in to because we broke the manly blue one! As for things like Lasers etc.. they all seem to come in a slightly off white (not sure how they describe the Grey these days). Most other boats tend to be white (sorry most other plastic boats) with the exception of the classes which are still dominated by wooden hulls when you do get a profusion of colours... Paul
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headfry Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 15 Jul 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 359	Post Options Post Reply Quote headfry Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 07 Jan 05 at 3:32pm
	oooooh i would love a pink one!