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Happy D
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Initially Posted - 08/06/2007 : 18:49:42

Now that I have most of the paint removed from the topsides, I started measuring the boot stripe in reference to the floor and to the lip of the deck overlap.
The boot stripe is 1" higher on one side than the other. This is the gel coat original boot stripe. I am beginning to re-do the topsides but if the stripe is in the wrong place, what to do?
I know I should float the boat and mark the water line, but is there anything else I can do? Floating the boat is a long way off.
Can someone measure the waterline from the deck to the water? How would you do that and transfer the dimension to my boat? Hmmmm maybe use a level and overhang it off the transom? Maybe fore and aft?
Maybe putting it in the water is the only true way to do it? What do you think?

1977 SK/SR Dinette Hull #29
1979 ChrisCraft 251
1965 Chris Craft Cutalss

Edited by - Happy D on 08/06/2007 21:01:48

DaveC25
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Response Posted - 08/06/2007 : 19:55:59

How do they say it?

"Perfection is the enemy of good enough."

Maybe just let it be until after you float it. I have a suspicion that the water line will be on the water on both sides. One inch is probably not noticeable. Putting the batteries in, or hanging an outboard, or filling the water tanks will get her to list one way or the other.

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 08/06/2007 : 20:47:17

When will anyone see both sides at once? What's the likelihood anyone (besides you and the people you point it out to) will remember what it looked like on one side when they see the other?

A friend pointed out that on (apparently) all Catalina 30s made in the mid '80s, the boot stripe is higher above the water amidship than at the bow or stern. I've looked at a few, and by gosh, he's right! But he had to point it out... I theorized that Catalina determined the waterline by splashing the boat, but it rocked from side to side while in the water, creating a higher mark on the wider part of the hull...

It's like the wallpaper you hang, with a few tiny flaws in the job that nobody will ever notice--until they compliment you and you say, "Ya, but look over there..."

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Brooke Willson
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Response Posted - 08/07/2007 : 07:49:13

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by DaveC25
 How do they say it?

"Perfection is the enemy of good enough."

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It also works the other way around: "The good is the enemy of the best." (No clear attribution)

Brooke

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crcalhoon
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Response Posted - 08/07/2007 : 16:19:05

I am a long way from being a perfectionist, but I have observed over the years that generally when I or someone says "that's good enough", it probably isn't. That said, I painted my hull, boot topping stripe and sheer stripe a couple of years ago, and noticed that mine wasn't exact on both sides either. I went ahead and painted it and have never noticed it again, nor, to my knowledge, has anyone else. I did make sure that it lined up where the lines join at the bow, but after that it is off and on.

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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 08/07/2007 : 19:30:15

Pick the side you want and use a water level to transfer it to the other side on 1' stations.
(Make the boat level athwartships first)

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 08/07/2007 : 21:18:18

The factory gel coat water line stripe on my boat dives down about six feet from the bow going forward.

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stampeder
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Response Posted - 08/08/2007 : 20:38:48

I once worked for a company that had the motto "Good enough, is not enough"
Around the water cooler we often mocked and joked "Enough is enough"

I would want to deal with a boot stripe that was off balance, but not at the expense of sailing. It might be good enough, and enough might be enough.

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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 08/08/2007 : 22:32:54

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by dlucier
 The factory gel coat water line stripe on my boat dives down about six feet from the bow going forward.
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