[Public-List] waterline height

[John Birch]

Or get my wife to do it - ; )

June did a terrific job on Sunstone's waterline in a tightly packed winter 
storage compound. It needs to be thinner in the middle and wider at the ends 
or else the waterline will appear to droop - the width difference is 
striking when doing it, but necessary.

The stern is wider than the bow, and that's not just old age ; )

Yer looking at something like 6" or more at the stern.

Make it high enough that the waterline paint isn't immersed or it will 
bubble. We used one part Interlux Brightside Polly Urethane and a foam 
brush - great gloss and colour retention and don't skip the primer.

Use the expensive pea green 3M plastic tape - gives a much sharper edge than 
regular painters tape including the regular green painters tape and 
solvents/paints don't affect it. Forget the blue painters tape too. 3M is 
the way to go for edging tape painting - once you use it, you won't mind the 
price - the results are fantastic.

Its also great for when you are expoxying the bottom - 3M, way to go.

Best of luck.

ATB

John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gordon Laco" <mainstay at csolve.net>
To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 8:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Public-List] waterline height


> Hi there
>
> I concur:   The bootstripe under the stern is very wide compared to 
> amidship.     Up under the bow it is somewhat wider than midship.  The 
> visual effect is that it is the same width fore and aft.
>
> G
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jun 20, 2011, at 7:51 PM, Gail DeMoss <gdemoss at alberg30.org> wrote:
>
>> The stripe on "Calypso" gets much, much wider than 3" under the stern. 
>> If the stripe is kept at 3" all the way around it will seem to disappear 
>> as it ducks under the stern.
>>
>> Gail
>>
>> On 6/20/11 5:13 PM, Hugh McCormack wrote:
>>> Hi Roger,
>>>
>>> > From my drawing:
>>>
>>> tip of bow to drawing waterlevel - 46.5"
>>> poopdeck to waterlevel - 33"
>>> waterlevel to lower edge of boot stripe - 2.5"
>>> bootstripe width - 3"
>>>
>>> Hope this helps.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Hugh
>>> 


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