Boat Colors - Which is Best!

On Sun, 7 Mar 2004 21:00:07 -0500 (EST), (J Buck)
wrote:

a bright overcast day

?

Come on now, this was a good thread until you got goofy on me.

What I meant by bright overcast is thiner higher ceiling that lets a
lot of light in. Not at all the same as a dark low ceiling like what
you get just before a storm rolls in.

Maybe I should have used the words light overcast. It would be one of
those days you would want to wear sun glasses but everthing has a
bright white look to it.

Is this clear enough?

Later, DC
--
Dale Colemam

DC, The boys were just having fun. The same way, they would, if we were
all gathered around a table sharing coffee or a beer.

--
Craig Baugher

Two thoughts on this: practical and theoritical

Practical: Light colors will stay cool -- which is good for comfort --
and depending on the resin used in the mfg of your fiberglass boat --
may be necessary. Epoxy resins begin to soften at 129degrees F -- so a
dark color on a hot day could soften the epoxy enough to show some print
through of the fiberglass. Polyester resins soften at a higher temp.

Also, the metal flake or glitter in finishes helps the mfg hide minor
imperfections in the final finish, as do lighter colors. A dark color
realy emphasises any imperfections.

Theoretical: Considering a fish's angle of vision and that fish tend to
"see" / "feel" with their lateral lines -- I think the noise the of that
18 foot Ranger with a 63 lb Thurst trolling motor will do more to spook
the fish than a gaudy paint scheme.

Course, a while back didn't some on suggest painting the bottom of the
boat to look like a school of shad?

Fritz wrote:
Course, a while back didn't some on suggest painting the bottom of the
boat to look like a school of shad?


Actually, that was another of Hannon's theories. Methinks Doug may spend
too much time worrying about what the bottom of his boat looks like.

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