On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 18:34:49 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Ditch the lightning bolt. it make it look too cramped. Tom.

I thought it was kind of "electrifying".

We had a couple of strikes here this afternoon less than 500 ft away,
almost no delay between flash and bang. That certainly gets your
attention.

On Aug 5, 9:28*pm, Wizard of Woodstock wrote:
On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 18:34:49 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:



On Aug 5, 7:47*pm, Wizard of Woodstock wrote:
On Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:27:13 -0400, Little John

wrote:
On Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:15:59 -0400, Wizard of Woodstock
wrote:

Well, I took Harry's advice and changed the font - I hate to admit it,
but he was right - in fact, all of you were right - weird font that
seemed like a good idea at the time.

So I spent the morning with Captain Joel Perry of Graphics Unlimited
in Pomfret Center, a noted graphic artist, all around good guy and a
Master Mariner who has restored some beautiful boats including a '50s
era Lyman, a genuine RI Oyster boat, a Penn Yann and an absoutely
gorgeous original 23' Grady White he rebuilt.

http://www.gusigns.com/

We went through a ton of iterations, different designs, changed fonts
until we were blue in the face - Joel put up with my picky behavior
and we finally settled on this one which is the semi-demi-hemi-sort
of-maybe-kind of final design with a few tweaks and modifications -
primarily color will stay the same, but the lightning bolt may be
changed to a sine curve - I'm worn out on it, but I like this - just a
couple of things I want to think about over the next couple of weeks..

http://www.swsports.org/images/Team%...twave%20IV.jpg

http://www.swsports.org/images/Team%20Shortwave%20V.jpg

Not a bad start - two days and about eight hours of work.

Two lightning bolts, top and bottom of name. And, bigger name, one
line all the way across.

There's only so much room there - you couldn't keep the same font size
and have it fit.

Ditch the lightning bolt. it make it look too cramped. Tom.

I'm not asking any of you anything again.

Damn - bunch of morons. *:)

OK, but one last stab before you blow me too Saturn.

Why don't you trash the whole thing and go for some cool bomber nose
art?
like:

http://www.atpm.com/12.06/eea-airven...Nose%20Art.jpg

Replace the sword with a fishing pole.

On Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:28:06 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 18:34:49 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Ditch the lightning bolt. it make it look too cramped. Tom.

I thought it was kind of "electrifying".

We had a couple of strikes here this afternoon less than 500 ft away,
almost no delay between flash and bang. That certainly gets your
attention.

Last summer, we had a number of similar incidents - I figured they
were all on the other side of the lake.

NNNNOOOOOOO........

I went down back the other day and found six dead swamp oak trees -
typical strikes - bark stripped, burn marks down the trunks and deader
than a door nail.

On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 19:48:06 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Why don't you trash the whole thing and go for some cool bomber nose
art?

I had a discussion with Scott one time about that - the problem is
that the bow of the Ranger is a little small for nose art and the
angle isn't right - it would look weird.

But I did think of it.

On Aug 5, 10:32*pm, Wizard of Woodstock wrote:
On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 19:48:06 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Why don't you trash the whole thing and go for some cool bomber nose
art?

I had a discussion with Scott one time about that - the problem is
that the bow of the Ranger is a little small for nose art and the
angle isn't right - it would look weird.

But I did think of it.

Well, you could put it on the side of the center console.

On Aug 5, 10:30*pm, Wizard of Woodstock wrote:
On Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:28:06 -0400, Wayne.B

wrote:
On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 18:34:49 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Ditch the lightning bolt. it make it look too cramped. Tom.

I thought it was kind of "electrifying". *

We had a couple of strikes here this afternoon less than 500 ft away,
almost no delay between flash and bang. *That certainly gets your
attention.

Last summer, we had a number of similar incidents - I figured they
were all on the other side of the lake.

NNNNOOOOOOO........

I went down back the other day and found six dead swamp oak trees -
typical strikes - bark stripped, burn marks down the trunks and deader
than a door nail.

Good fire wood!

Time for cutting and splitting so it will cure for at least next year.

On Aug 5, 7:46*pm, Wizard of Woodstock wrote:
On Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:32:05 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:
On 8/5/2009 8:15 PM, Wizard of Woodstock wrote:
Well, I took Harry's advice and changed the font - I hate to admit it,
but he was right - in fact, all of you were right - weird font that
seemed like a good idea at the time.

So I spent the morning with Captain Joel Perry of Graphics Unlimited
in Pomfret Center, a noted graphic artist, all around good guy and a
Master Mariner who has restored some beautiful boats including a '50s
era Lyman, a genuine RI Oyster boat, a Penn Yann and an absoutely
gorgeous original 23' Grady White he rebuilt.

http://www.gusigns.com/

We went through a ton of iterations, different designs, changed fonts
until we were blue in the face - Joel put up with my picky behavior
and we finally settled on this one which is the semi-demi-hemi-sort
of-maybe-kind of final design with a few tweaks and modifications -
primarily color will stay the same, but the lightning bolt may be
changed to a sine curve - I'm worn out on it, but I like this - just a
couple of things I want to think about over the next couple of weeks.

http://www.swsports.org/images/Team%...twave%20IV.jpg

http://www.swsports.org/images/Team%20Shortwave%20V.jpg

Not a bad start - two days and about eight hours of work.

I assume you're doing these mock-ups in some graphics program.

To my untrained eye it seems that 'S. Woodstock, CT' should be centered
under 'Sportfisherman'. *Maybe that would look strange to me also
without actually seeing in.

I just don't think it's balanced.

It's not - it's just an idea we're kicking around. So far, this is my
favorite.

Yeah - we're using a graphics program, but he has a neat approach - he
used heavy construction paper and acutally cuts the designs out when
you see something you like, puts it together to see what it looks like
off the screen.

The image doesn't do it justice - it looks better in person than it
does in the .jpg.

Well, the art would be visible (and cool!) when you got the boat up on
plane

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/4818218-lg.jpg

Wizard of Woodstock wrote:
Well, I took Harry's advice and changed the font - I hate to admit it,
but he was right - in fact, all of you were right - weird font that
seemed like a good idea at the time.

So I spent the morning with Captain Joel Perry of Graphics Unlimited
in Pomfret Center, a noted graphic artist, all around good guy and a
Master Mariner who has restored some beautiful boats including a '50s
era Lyman, a genuine RI Oyster boat, a Penn Yann and an absoutely
gorgeous original 23' Grady White he rebuilt.

http://www.gusigns.com/

We went through a ton of iterations, different designs, changed fonts
until we were blue in the face - Joel put up with my picky behavior
and we finally settled on this one which is the semi-demi-hemi-sort
of-maybe-kind of final design with a few tweaks and modifications -
primarily color will stay the same, but the lightning bolt may be
changed to a sine curve - I'm worn out on it, but I like this - just a
couple of things I want to think about over the next couple of weeks.

http://www.swsports.org/images/Team%...twave%20IV.jpg

http://www.swsports.org/images/Team%20Shortwave%20V.jpg

Not a bad start - two days and about eight hours of work.

I like it

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On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 21:03:42 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Aug 5, 10:30*pm, Wizard of Woodstock wrote:
On Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:28:06 -0400, Wayne.B

wrote:
On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 18:34:49 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Ditch the lightning bolt. it make it look too cramped. Tom.

I thought it was kind of "electrifying". *

We had a couple of strikes here this afternoon less than 500 ft away,
almost no delay between flash and bang. *That certainly gets your
attention.

Last summer, we had a number of similar incidents - I figured they
were all on the other side of the lake.

NNNNOOOOOOO........

I went down back the other day and found six dead swamp oak trees -
typical strikes - bark stripped, burn marks down the trunks and deader
than a door nail.

Good fire wood!

Time for cutting and splitting so it will cure for at least next year.

Nah - dead wood like this is not great for burning - it's like using a
newspaper to heat your house - burns too fast.

Three to six months max on curing time.

Just Regigie wrote:
Wizard of Woodstock wrote:
Well, I took Harry's advice and changed the font - I hate to admit it,
but he was right - in fact, all of you were right - weird font that
seemed like a good idea at the time.

So I spent the morning with Captain Joel Perry of Graphics Unlimited
in Pomfret Center, a noted graphic artist, all around good guy and a
Master Mariner who has restored some beautiful boats including a '50s
era Lyman, a genuine RI Oyster boat, a Penn Yann and an absoutely
gorgeous original 23' Grady White he rebuilt.

http://www.gusigns.com/

We went through a ton of iterations, different designs, changed fonts
until we were blue in the face - Joel put up with my picky behavior
and we finally settled on this one which is the semi-demi-hemi-sort
of-maybe-kind of final design with a few tweaks and modifications -
primarily color will stay the same, but the lightning bolt may be
changed to a sine curve - I'm worn out on it, but I like this - just a
couple of things I want to think about over the next couple of weeks.

http://www.swsports.org/images/Team%...twave%20IV.jpg

http://www.swsports.org/images/Team%20Shortwave%20V.jpg

Not a bad start - two days and about eight hours of work.

I like it

I still think it needs a silly looking cartoonish pirates head.