Why White ?

you guys are too skeptical, i bet it'll sink all the way to the bottom of the marinas trench

 

I once had a black boat (visible carbon). Had to paint it white when I sold it...

After that had a purple boat, a yellow boat, and a grey boat. Never white...

For racing boats, I feel that white is too reflective, at least for decks. I tend to use a shade of grey for that.

About foam cores and dark paint in tropics: make sure you use the high-temp versions of PVC or SAN cores. These usually are good up to 140 degrees C.

 

Wood under dark colors deteriorates more quickly.(In case you are talking about a wooden hull.)

 

Is that right Hoyte, I've never heard that before?

 

Hoyte makes jokes! He meant: wooden boats are slower than yellow ones!

 

I can see that. Since water can penetrate wood more you have a larger wetted area and the wooden boat becomes slower
I knew there was a reason I liked glass more

 

You guys are kidding, right?

 

The heat destroys the paint/wood bond, causing flaking, spalling etc., or so I have heard. Surely you knew that.

 

Hoyte
in modern boatbuilding, when the paint has contact with anything wooden instead of primer or EP resin I shoot the painter in the backyard.





with rotten eggs to lengthen the pain..........

 

Exactly. Especially when you're a DIY'er

Does it look like we are 'kidding'

In fact, we are DEAD SERIOUS

 

Dead serious indeed!

Hey- I like a bit of color on boats. But like some other things in life: the fair ones look fine, paint or no.

 

colors

My latest rowing boat is medium blue with off white decks and rub rails and light tan inside. The blue is distinctive and easy to identify in a race. the tan inside stays reasonably cool and doesn't show the dirt too badly. All in all, it looks a bit "Bahamian" in it's color scheme. bottom line is, I like it

 

Well, that's a proof that even the best ones can have a bad day and go astray, sometimes:



I find the "ladies" above are absolutely gorgeous in their black dresses.

 

Stunning boats, to be sure. I'll take the second one - then spend the rest of my days maintaining its surfaces...Of course the gay green bottom paint has to go.

 

In a big racing fleet if your boat is anything but white you are more likely to catch the eye/brain of the race committee as the over early boat whether you are or not. In this case standing out is not an advantage. David
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