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04-19-2005, 10:42 PM
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Re: Waterline and bottom paint
HT .... That follows the chine and as it gets further back it comes up a bit. Its not as drastic as the one in the picture I posted. Also Like Paul says about the picture ... I too would have softened that transition from the bow moving aft.
I'm curious ...your first post states your painting the bottom ...but later on you say its going to sit on a trailer ? Why are you adding the bottom painting OR are you just going to add a boot stripe?? (assuming your going to leave it in the water for extended periods …and paint with an ablative?) This is opposite of what you ask above BUT another way to do it with the boot would be to follow the water line all the way forward …. With no sweep. This is very common on bigger boats and looks great. I’m not sure how it would look on a 20’ 
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04-20-2005, 03:58 AM
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Re: Waterline and bottom paint
HatTrick, I did it the same as the sides. But, because mine is always on a trailer I painted the bottom with an epoxy barrier coat. Good protection and easy to repair.
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04-20-2005, 06:06 AM
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Re: Waterline and bottom paint
Thanks for all your replies. I bought the boat 4 years ago and have trailered it ever since. Now the bottom paint that came with the boat is in bad shape and looks awful. I don't want to try and grind it all off so I am going to paint it with something so it looks good, but probably not a regular ablative paint. I removed the paint that was on the sides of the boat last year so I can now reposition the waterline where I want to. I will put her in the water to see how she sits,mark the boat to meet the waterline and "sweep" it forward. Thanks again for all your comments.
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04-22-2005, 10:50 PM
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Re: Waterline and bottom paint
Don't forget to let it sit with full fuel and add weight to equal full loading. I put mine in, added a couple of people, and then used a greasepencil at the back corner. Smae method I used to use when bottom-painting new boat hulls for the first time. You don't have to let it sit in the water overnight, either.
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04-23-2005, 06:42 AM
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Re: Waterline and bottom paint
The problem with this site is that there are too many nice boats and too many ways to do one thing! My mind has changed and I'm leaning towards bobbers style. No paint on the sides or transom... bottom only.
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05-06-2005, 01:31 PM
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Re: Waterline and bottom paint
Here are a few photos of the transom redo. It's a pretty basic, teporary job but it came out pretty nice. I used Interlux Brightside and it matched the gel coat well.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...t4-2005002.jpg http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...t4-2005003.jpg http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...t4-2005004.jpg
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