[Public-list] Boot Stripe

[Michael Connolly]

I tend to agree with Ross.  Keeping the bottom of the boot stripe a couple of inches above the water level helps keep the crud from messing up the appearance of the boot stripe and topsides.  You really want the bottom paint to extend a couple of inches above the 'at rest' water level.  The water is almost never 'at rest' so a few inches above that level stay wet enough to support fouling growth.
Michael

"Horton, Ross G." <rhorton at pwcgov.org> wrote:


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 
>

Roger,

When I initially repainted my boot stripe I moved it up about two inches
from its previous location. The original boot stripe was actually at
the waterline and in my marina there is always a little movement in the
water that kept it wet. The constant wetness allows critters and slime
to grow on the boot stripe paint that is not antifouling. Moving the
boot stripe up two inches keeps it much cleaner.

Ross 
Delphi, #40 
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