Eisboch wrote:
My experience has been that an all white cockpit becomes an oven in the
hot summer sun. My recently sold Egg Harbor was a brilliant white and
the cockpit became unbearable to sit in at times when exposed to the
afternoon sun.

You're in Florida, right? ALmost anything including a mirrored teflon
surface would get hot! Another point to consider is glare. I don't like
a white-white deck or upper works, especially if it's waxed & buffed,
and all that shiny chrome stuff is painful.



Back in the 70's and 80's the standard boat color was a very off-white -
almost yellow. They knew what they were doing.

Agreed. What you're thinking of is probably pretty close to the same
color I call "buff." Sort of light cheese colored... another good color
that has fallen out of favor is that sickly pale green. Easy on the
eyes, low glare, doesn't get hot... it's ugly though.

Fair Skies
Doug King