"Flying Pig" wrote in message
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Hi Wilbur - Lydia here! Just wanted to say how much I love the color of
your boat (yellow is absolutely my favorite color, even though if I try to
wear it I look like I just rose from the grave). Nice boot stripes - did
you do them? She looks lovely.


Thank you. Hi Lydia.

Sounds like Skippy knows how to chose an intelligent woman of impeccable
taste in yachts. Nice to hear from you. I put the boot stripe on but it's
tape, not paint. It's about eight inches higher than the original as the
boat contains lots more weight now in live aboard trim. The hardest thing
about using boot stripe tape when raising the LWL is getting it halfway
straight around the curvature of the hull. I bought the tape at West Marine.
Had to get two fifty-foot rolls as one roll ended up being about a foot and
a half short. Now, I have 48 feet left in case it's needed for repairing
scuffs.

The yellow is Imron paint professionally sprayed on about 25 years ago. I
bought the boat about a year after the original owner had it sprayed. They
used to race the boat and it was very stripped down and light at the time.
The paint job has held up pretty well all considered. I intend to paint the
faded blue above the rubbing stake again to a darker blue to match the cove
stripe and middle blue of the boot stripe and darker blue of the name. Have
to wait for warmer weather, though and less wind. Will do it in the water
standing in the dinghy.

What do you think of mauve-colored cushions in the accommodation? Everybody
else likes to make fun of them but I think they look just fine.


Wilbur Hubbard