Waterline

Sleeto · #1 10-08-2004, 01:01 PM

My "new" boat - 23' SC CC - has never had bottom paint, so I need to paint the bottom and a waterline. I am thinking: black bottom, white space - colored waterline.

Does anyone have an opinion regarding the proper width of each waterline?

Thanks

ScottM · #2 10-08-2004, 03:58 PM

My father's 23 Sceptre has a 1-inch space, then a 1-inch waterline stripe (look on the 23 footer page under Scott McLeod's 23' Sceptre). My 23 Seabird has a 1-inch space, then a 2-inch waterline stripe, but the sides of my hull are higher than the SC, so the extra width works better on my boat IMO. I tend to like the bottom and waterline stripe to be the same color.

Scott · #3 10-08-2004, 04:29 PM

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My 23 Seabird has a 1-inch space, then a 2-inch waterline stripe I tend to like the bottom and waterline stripe to be the same color.

Here's a 2" boot with about 1”-1.5" space ....it follows the chine but needs to be raised towards the stern.

I agree with what Scott said about the color matching the bottom ... This is a different spin though ....didn't like it at first but it has grown on me .... This hull color is tough ...white hulls you can spruce up with different colors

Sleeto · #4 10-09-2004, 05:53 AM

Thanks, Guys. I will have to play around with it and see what looks best.

Miles Offshore · #5 10-10-2004, 07:24 PM

I like the boot to be the same color as the bottom- black boot - black bottom- blue/blue etc. I dont know if you fish offshore or not but down here mostof my friends wont use black bottoms cause they dont raise fish.i didnt believe it and put a black bottom on mine one year but i went back blue fairly quickly with that in the back of my mind.lol [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] blue is it- [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Doghouse4x4 · #6 10-11-2004, 04:48 PM

Blue is the ticket for sure! But I have to say a black stripe works well with it.

sanzo · #7 10-12-2004, 10:04 AM

Hey blizzard, don't paint your bottom black. If your boat flips in rough seas it will make it very hard to see the hull in blue water. There was a couple of guys off Miami that spent two days in stormy weather clinging to a black hull. One of the guys at Doc's Marine in Hollywood found them while trolling. Regards Sanzo