INVESTIGATOR 563

Hey Guy's

Despite two herniated discs in my lumbar spine I have finally got rid of the the old paint, including Anti foul (What a job that was!) and have recoated with 2 pack primer.

My question is, do I paint a waterline, considering that it is not going to be left in the water and no anti foul going back on?

I am starting to think the hassle of painting one is not a necessity, and is more for cosmetic purposes. I am going to paint the hull in British Racing Green.

Thoughts please

TG

Waterline- not necessary.
BRG is, IMHO, not a colour for a boat. Good for racing cars, preferably vintage ones.

Yara50 wrote: BRG is, IMHO, not a colour for a boat. Good for racing cars, preferably vintage ones.

My user name probably gives it away, but I like green and do not like the traditional blue. I have considered other colours, but in the end I have plumped for BRG.

Anyway, to me, my investigator is a little vintage racer

Hi TG I have a waterline on Spritzig II but I've got antifoo . As such I have red bootstripe to break up the difference between the black and white.

I love the idea of using the livery of the BRG race cars on stuff (like this lotus)

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: ... _-_001.jpg

Have you thought of maybe a yellow bootstripe at the waterline to break up the green and putting your boat name in a round white circle , or maybe your rego number. Would certainly be unique. An alternative would be yellow trim stripe on the waist line of the boat. Don't know if you have British heritage but a small union jack in there somewhere would complete the image.

My boat was originally all white with a red waist strip . When i removed it as it was faded and battered i added a red and blue flash from some leftover 3M tapei had to break up the side space visually, plus the boot stripe. Just visible in my avatar . I think a stripe of some kind cuts down on the overall height of the boat and makes it look sleeker . It's a trick that's been used in the automotive industry for yonks.

Can't wait to see your final livery.

If you have no antifoul there is no need for a contrasting colour at all. Whilst you might like green, when it comes to re-sale, it might make some buyers turn green, but not with envy.

Ian, Ian, come on revive your sense of adventure as as expat Brit you should champion the spreading of the national heritage.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_racing_green

Nice connection in the text with the Aussie green and gold

Resale does not bother me at all, with 2 pack Poly, its easily overcoated if its a real problem in the future. Being an expat myself, I love your idea, Ozzie. I havn't designed the name yet but I might just give your suggestion a whizz on the old Photoshop and see what I can come up with

Good onya TG ...hanging out for the results. Put your Photoshop efforts up on the site and we can vote You could start a trend..... anyone repainting?? how about a JPS Investigator.

Hmmmm, I many years ago raced a Yami TZ 350 in the bright Yellow and black factory colours "Checkered" I can smell the Castrol R-30 in the outboard already