[Public-list] Boot Stripe

[Bill Blevins]

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

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Roger L. Kingsland wrote:

>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 
>
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