Colour for a Demo Boat.

[Nautorius]

Hypothetical Question!!! (before the forum police come out)

If you were going to import a new brand of boat to start to sell (first of a range) and one of the USP's was that it is available in any colour....would you stay traditional or go striking (UK Market). I think most people agree Sealine got the SC38 wrong in light blue but if you could have a standard blue and white or a sexy silver and black which for a UK demo boat would you go for. It would be a 30 ft sports cruiser type scandi looking boat. I just saw the pictures of the riverama and thought Yes! Would silver and black put people off (I love the pershing) or does the UK market need traditional. Any colour possible so ideas please.

By the way, I see the westlines have several different colours of GRP so I wonder what Jez went for on the W24?

Cheers

Paul /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Alistairr]

White!! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Oh but he does say it has a blue stripe!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Whitelighter]

Am I allowed to take part?

FWIW, we do a wide range of colours on the 24. I quite fancied the Silver Grey, but went for white and blue as it is the first boat and the siver grey is a new colour for them.

Maybe on the next one it will be different...

 

[KevB]

To appeal to the widest market I'd say white. I would not not buy a boat because it only came in white but probably would NOT buy a boat if it only came in blue /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[terryw]

What ever colour you believe would be the easiest to sell on as "Ex Demo".
So, that makes it white.

 

[Nautorius]

Thanks Jez for the input. I had guessed you had stayed traditional but wondered what all others thought. I would be tempted with Silver/Grey and Black stripe with Black covers...but I am me /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Keep everyones opinion coming please

Cheers

Paul /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[landlockedpirate]

In common with most people, when I first saw the SC38 I thought it was terrible. However having now seen one in its natural environment.

I really quite like it (Ducks for cover)

Mark

 

[Whitelighter]

It si not so much the colours on the SC38 that put me off, it was the fact it was painted. What will it look like in 5 years with a few scrathes and dinks? Also, at £12k I thought is was a bit expensive.

I would like to see one with just the lower dark blue section.

 

[landlockedpirate]

The boat did have a scrape down 1 side (Couldnt get a decent photo), and I think its going to be an expensive hull to keep looking pristine.

What its going to look like in 10 years is another matter-anyone for a green Targa or a burgendy Princess?

Mark

 

[Nautorius]

Jez,

The painting of Gelcoat is a concern. What Sealine should have done is used advanced epoxy/infusion bag technology to build the hull and then primed the hull which could then be two pack painted which should be much more durable. Painting Gelcoat has never been done that succesfully.

Cheers

Paul /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

I'm no expert but Hatteras use a paint system applied over their gelcoat HERE and their hulls are known for resisting knocks and looking good for many years

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

I suppose there's a number of ways of looking at this. Firstly, what colour combination will show the design of the boat in it's best possible light? Secondly, do you think that the boat needs a flashy colour to make it stand out from the massed ranks of all white exhibits at boat shows? Lastly, what is likely to be the most popular colour with customers which is going to give you the best chance of selling the boat. Probably, the answer is going to be different in each case
If it's a sporty number then you'd probably spec it up in a flashy 2 tone colour combo (but please not like the SC38) but if it's a rufty tufty sit up and beg type boat, probably best to stick with boring old white and blue

 

[KevB]

A black hull like on Monterey's looks very good.

 

[Whitelighter]

Yes, black is a good colour but the hardest to get right. It shows up every imperfection in the gel/lay up.

Nice looking boat that, but lots of Bimini supports that with the arch is a bit odd

 

[wakeup]

Black looks good now but is definitely the worst colour to have long term, it shows up the chalking processes in the worst possible way. There was a 26ft Mariah in ourr marina until recently that was all black, was only a yr 2000 and two years agao it looked absolutely awful even though it was looked after, it turned old blackboard colour if you know what I mean. Also the colour that will cause most expansion in the Sun. best colour i've seen that isn't blue that will probably look ok in years to come is a silver grey, seen quite a few Rinkers in that colour.

 

[Nautorius]

Thanks Mike,

I did not know that. The benefits of painting is that you really can have any colour. I agree the most popular boat colour would be White with large blue hull stripe but if the boat was very different, then a stunning paint job will get people talking.

Just a thought...

Paul /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Chas25]

Which Monterey is that?

Have to admit I like the Monterey with Black hull... not that I'm biased on anything
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[Sneds]

Black, black or black!
But can someone else polish it please /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif