"Bart Senior" wrote in message t...
How dark a grey were your decks, Joe? Mine are a mix of white
with light grey--like my topsides, boot and cove stripes.

Haze Gray, ever see a Navy Ship? Most are haze gray and underway.




I can only estimate the difference between the white topsides
and the old navy blue. With navy blue topsides, the sweat
poured off me like a water hose. The only time I have felt
hotter was pulling 3.5 negative gees in humid 98 degree weather
in a T-37.

With the white topsides and a fan or two, it is has been slightly
sweaty when I was working, and comfortable when I'm relaxing.
particularly, when the sun was not at its peak, the boat is now
very comfortable.

With white topsides and 3600 BTU's of AC's we keep cool. And luckly
the electricity is include with the slip, no meter!

Joe



Bart

Joe wrote
DSK wrote
Bart Senior wrote:

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