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sailor girl
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Topic: Boat hull colours Posted: 19 Jan 05 at 4:50pm |
blue with a lightnening bolt in silver that would be cool!
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olly_love
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jan 05 at 5:49pm |
i thought that but what happens if i get damage( have already broken one mast and a kevlar main) i suppose that it would look good though but what bout a silver boat that have never been done before
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JimC
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jan 05 at 6:11pm |
You can use the better quality custom car paints on dry sailed race boats. Last as well, many more colours and cheaper. The main downside is they are supposed to chip more easily. |
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sailor girl
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jan 05 at 6:14pm |
the closet to silver boat i've seen is, a small yacht completly covered in tiny mirrors (like a mozaic), it was sooooooooooooooo cool!
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James Bell
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jan 05 at 6:39pm |
In the Laser 4000s the boat colour does seem to depend on the year. The early ones were mostly red or blue, and it seems the ones with sail numbers around 4400 to 4450 (built 1998 ish), like mine (4408) tend to be purple/white. At one point we ended up with four at our club that were all purple/white (4408, 4402, 4424, 4437)! Most annoying when someone said "I saw you capsize" and it was one of the other boats |
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 19 Jan 05 at 6:51pm |
There's nothing new in this world! You used to be able to get the Stealth F16 with metallic silver gelcoat. Don't know if they ever actually sold one but it was on the options list at an extra £1K I think.
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Stefan Lloyd
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 20 Jan 05 at 8:27am |
[QUOTE=olly_love]but what bout a silver boat that have never been done before/QUOTE] Yes it has. There was a silver-painted yacht racing in the racing 15 years ago. |
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olly_love
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 20 Jan 05 at 11:09am |
i think that i will do a good paint job and also do the rudder and mast have you got any pics of silver boats sailior girl have you got a pic of the yacht with the mirrors
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Matt Jackson
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 20 Jan 05 at 12:50pm |
Trouble is; the shinier the paint the more the imperfections in the hull stand out. As for grey RS400's mine was grey and it was RS415 (or 15 in any normal fleet) so I guess it's a recurring theme. |
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sailor girl
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 20 Jan 05 at 4:34pm |
olly_love.....Sorry no, it sailed past me in the summer, was totaly amazing though!
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