Bart Senior wrote:
The boat was orginally black gelcoat, followed by royal blue,
then navy blue. Now it is Caribbean white to keep it cooler.

I preferred the Navy blue it had when I bought it, but it was
too hot inside.

Makes a bigger difference than people would believe. Last time my wife
and I were shopping for a car, she really liked a dark green one which I
vetoed because of the color. The salesmen started saying how it didn't
make much difference etc etc and since it was parked next to a light
blue car, I suggested a simple test. Lay your hand on the hood of each
and start counting. he couldn't keep his hand on the green one for the
count of ten, but it was possible (uncomfortable though) to keep contact
with the light colored one. If you just briefly touch each one you could
believe the temp was almost the same.

Nathaniel G. Herreshoff once said, "There are only two colors that are
proper for a yacht. One is white and one is black. Only a damn fool
would paint a yacht black."

Bart Senior wrote:

Last winter I couldn't get a date. Now I have women
chasing me and no time for them.

Shucks, you got your priorities all wrong. You have to sleep at night
anyway, right?

Mercenary wench?


Women seem to like a big mast...

Dang and here all this time I thought it was the rigging.

DSK

Last winter I couldn't get a date.

That's weird....you seem like a nice guy...maybe you weren't looking in the
right places? Know what you mean though...a lady stopped Mr Sails in the
parking lot of the grocery store when she saw our yacht club parking sticker
on the rear bumper of my car...she started yammering to him about how much
she enjoyed sailing yadyada and didn't see me crouched down behind the door,
picking something up off the ground....I stood up and he immediately said "
It's my wife's boat...."

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katysails
s/v Chanteuse
Kirie Elite 32
http://katysails.tripod.com

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

DSK wrote in message . ..
Bart Senior wrote:
The boat was orginally black gelcoat, followed by royal blue,
then navy blue. Now it is Caribbean white to keep it cooler.

I preferred the Navy blue it had when I bought it, but it was
too hot inside.

Makes a bigger difference than people would believe.

Make a big difference here in Texas. Being a X navy man I had to have
haze gray deck when I bought my boat. Once it got to hot to walk on I
decided to go with white. Now the AC's keep the boat cool and acually
cycle off once and a while. The temp inside dropped 20 degrees the day
I painted the decks white.

Joe





DSK

You're not exaggerating, are you Joe?

Scotty


"Joe" wrote in message
om...
DSK wrote in message
. ..
Bart Senior wrote:
The boat was orginally black gelcoat, followed by royal blue,
then navy blue. Now it is Caribbean white to keep it cooler.

I preferred the Navy blue it had when I bought it, but it was
too hot inside.

Makes a bigger difference than people would believe.

Make a big difference here in Texas. Being a X navy man I had to have
haze gray deck when I bought my boat. Once it got to hot to walk on I
decided to go with white. Now the AC's keep the boat cool and acually
cycle off once and a while. The temp inside dropped 20 degrees the day
I painted the decks white.

Joe





DSK

I'll assume that was a serious question, so consider the following. The
first week or so out of Lauderdale the teak decks got so hot you couldn't
walk on 'em barefoot.
John Cairns
"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
...
You're not exaggerating, are you Joe?

Scotty


"Joe" wrote in message
om...
DSK wrote in message
. ..
Bart Senior wrote:
The boat was orginally black gelcoat, followed by royal blue,
then navy blue. Now it is Caribbean white to keep it cooler.

I preferred the Navy blue it had when I bought it, but it was
too hot inside.

Makes a bigger difference than people would believe.

Make a big difference here in Texas. Being a X navy man I had to have
haze gray deck when I bought my boat. Once it got to hot to walk on I
decided to go with white. Now the AC's keep the boat cool and acually
cycle off once and a while. The temp inside dropped 20 degrees the day
I painted the decks white.

Joe





DSK

yes, it was. I wasn't sure how believable it is about blue hulls being
hotter than white ones.


Scott Vernon
Plowville PA __/)__/)__

"John Cairns" wrote in message
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I'll assume that was a serious question, so consider the following. The
first week or so out of Lauderdale the teak decks got so hot you couldn't
walk on 'em barefoot.
John Cairns
"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
...
You're not exaggerating, are you Joe?

Scotty


"Joe" wrote in message
om...
DSK wrote in message
. ..
Bart Senior wrote:
The boat was orginally black gelcoat, followed by royal blue,
then navy blue. Now it is Caribbean white to keep it cooler.

I preferred the Navy blue it had when I bought it, but it was
too hot inside.

Makes a bigger difference than people would believe.

Make a big difference here in Texas. Being a X navy man I had to have
haze gray deck when I bought my boat. Once it got to hot to walk on I
decided to go with white. Now the AC's keep the boat cool and acually
cycle off once and a while. The temp inside dropped 20 degrees the day
I painted the decks white.

Joe





DSK

John Cairns wrote:
I'll assume that was a serious question, so consider the following. The
first week or so out of Lauderdale the teak decks got so hot you couldn't
walk on 'em barefoot.

In NC in high summer our teak deck gets too hot to walk on. Even a cream
colored fiberglass deck will get uncomfortable hot. I like a little tint
in the deck coating to cut glare, but you can't overdo it unless you
want to cook.

A couple of our friends have full deck shades and say that they do a
marvelous keeping the boat cooler. Troublesome to stow when not in use,
though.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Talking to yacht brokers in Florida, they tell me that teak decks
are a no-no down there. Too hot.

Awnings are nice to have. And high on my list of things to do.

Bart

DSK wrote
John Cairns wrote:
I'll assume that was a serious question, so consider the following. The
first week or so out of Lauderdale the teak decks got so hot you
couldn't
walk on 'em barefoot.

In NC in high summer our teak deck gets too hot to walk on. Even a cream
colored fiberglass deck will get uncomfortable hot. I like a little tint
in the deck coating to cut glare, but you can't overdo it unless you
want to cook.

A couple of our friends have full deck shades and say that they do a
marvelous keeping the boat cooler. Troublesome to stow when not in use,
though.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

I find that if I act interested in a woman, the woman will lose interest in
me.
When I am not interested at all, like when I have a steady girlfriend, or
I'm
just too busy to date, they suddenly get interested. It's proof that women
don't think logically, but rather react to being ignored by turning up the
heat. Any man will tell you that.

Lately I've been telling women I have no money to date. The inside of the
boat is a mess--I really don't want visitors right now. Yet twice in two
weeks women have dropped by the boat with a bottle of wine and romantic
notions. This time of year boats are better bait than a Corvette.

Now if I could only get them to stop by with West Marine gift certificates!
Perhaps I should post a sign--no women on board without a WM gift
certificate! I bet they would bring them.

Bart

katysails wrote
Last winter I couldn't get a date.

That's weird....you seem like a nice guy...maybe you weren't looking in
the
right places? Know what you mean though...a lady stopped Mr Sails in the
parking lot of the grocery store when she saw our yacht club parking
sticker
on the rear bumper of my car...she started yammering to him about how much
she enjoyed sailing yadyada and didn't see me crouched down behind the
door,
picking something up off the ground....I stood up and he immediately said
"
It's my wife's boat...."

You have a mast on your trawler right?

You can substitute a thick mast for a long one.

DSK wrote

Women seem to like a big mast...

Dang and here all this time I thought it was the rigging.