Well folks, I recieved my boat name lettering order
the other day and have already stuck the name on the
starboard side of my fine vessel. It looks fantastic!

It was not an easy thing to do and get right. The lettering
is over six inches tall and totaled 52 inches in length.
I ordered the trebuchet bold italic as was your choice
in the poll conducted last week. However, due to practical
reasons I decided to place the name in the center of the
hull centered below the two large cabin windows. Taking
some advice to spruce things up a little I ordered dark
blue lettering with light blue drop shadowing. It looks
real sharp with the dark blue matching the existing blue
and the light blue about the shade of the bottom paint.

I decided to put the name in the center of the boat because
of straps used for hauling not being able to mar it and also
dinghies coming alongside the quarter where one enters the
cockpit doing a job on the lettering with their gunwhales.

You'll be impressed when you see the picture I'll post
soon.

The secret to getting the lettering on right is taping the
whole works in the right place with masking tape along the
top. Then one must lift the the assembly and peel off the
paper that covers the stickum while taping it up so it
stays up till all the paper is off the sticky side of the
letters. Then, using a diluted Windex solution in a spray
bottle one must wet both the clean hull and the sticky side
of the letters. Then one lowers the flap down against the
hull and using a squeegee adheres the letters from the center
outward to squeeze out the liquid. Then one must wait a
half hour so so for them to stick well and then peel off the
outer layer of paper to expose the letters in all their glory
taking care to not peel them off the hull in the process.

Well, I managed to to a good job of the starboard side
with no screw-ups but it got too windy to do the port side
so that's going to wait till Monday when the winds are
supposed to die down quite a bit prior to the next
cold frontal passage the middle of the week. When I
get it done I'll post a couple pictures on my award winning
web site.

S.Simon