[Public-list] Boot Stripe

[Bill Blevins]

My boat was already in the water when I asked about marking a new 
waterline to lower it once it was on the hard.

When I bought Sabrina, the boat sat perfectly on her waterline. Soon 
after I unloaded wheelbarrow after wheelbarrow of spare parts and enough 
dishes to serve 24 people a 7 course dinner, she sat about 6 inches 
above the bottom of her waterline. (She's much faster though!)

I left it where it was when I repainted this year. Maybe in another 10 
or 20 years I'll (pay someone to) tackle this job again!

Bill Blevins
Sabrina #158
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sousa, stephen (ENG) wrote:

>Bill,
>
>It is odd thing is that you mention putting the boat in the water. This is
>how the manufacturers mark the water line for new hulls. We made the same
>mistake when painting #114, I was lucky my son made a tool to hold the
>distance constant from bow to stern. 
>
>Stephen
>
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>
>Can't really offer advice on the location. someone suggested to me to 
>tread water next to the boat on a calm day and mark the hull. Sounded 
>like a good idea but I didn't do that.
>
>My dumb mistake that someone might learn from is that the waterline is 
>taller at the bow, thinner at the beam and even thicker than at the bow 
>in (or under) the stern. I totally forgot, taped the top of the line, 
>sanded the bottom of the line off and painted barrier coat up over 
>places where the waterline used to be.
>
>When I went to re-tape and paint over my topsides, I painted an even 
>2.5" stripe from the bow to the stern. It doesn't look bad and probably 
>no one would really notice once in the water, but I know.
>
>Bill Blevins
>Sabrina #158
>
>--
>
>Roger L. Kingsland wrote:
>
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>
>>Albergers,
>>
>>In previous episodes I was advised there is a line in the gel coat that 
>>represents, if not the waterline, at least the point where the boat is 
>>"on her lines."  After a few applications of paint remover and scrape, 
>>scrape, scrape, I discovered two lines about 2-1/2" apart amidships and 
>>5" apart at the bow.  The most recent boot stripe is about 1-1/2" 
>>higher than one that would fit in between the lines I found.  Can 
>>anyone advise me on methods to determine where the bottom of the stripe 
>>should be.  I would like to have it as low as possible but still have 
>>only bottom paint in the water when fully loaded.  I wonder if I should 
>>just paint the hull color to a few inches below the lower line and see 
>>where the stripe should go when she gets wet.
>>
>>Thanks,  Roger
>>
>>Roger L. Kingsland, AIA
>>Managing Partner
>>Kingsland Scott Bauer Associates (KSBA)
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