Paint for 'rubber' dinghy

[frderek]

Jersey Harbours are insisting that all tenders are identified by "T/T Yachtname"
painted on them. Are there paints that are more/less likely to harm a
'rubber' dinghy?

 

[Angele]

.... If it is an inflatable with a solid transom, can you paint it there? Or are they saying it must be on the rubber?

Edit. I assume this is what you are referring to: http://www.portofjersey.je/SiteCollectionDocuments/NtoM%2007%20of%202014%20Tenders%20and%20Dinghies%2020140228%20KW.pdf

 

[Seajet]

Try these people, they do lettering / ' nameplates ' for inflatables.

I've used them several times, always excellent service & value.

http://www.sacboatnames.com/

 

[VicS]

Jersey Harbours are insisting that all tenders are identified by "T/T Yachtname"
painted on them. Are there paints that are more/less likely to harm a
'rubber' dinghy?

Polymarine .... different paint for PVC or Hypalon http://polymarineshop.com/flexible-paint.html?limit=all

 

[chinita]

Try these people, they do lettering / ' nameplates ' for inflatables.

I've used them several times, always excellent service & value.

http://www.sacboatnames.com/

+1

I just wish they would get themselves into this century.

'Download pdf order form and fax it to us'.

'fax'. Jayzus, my fax went into the skip about 12 years ago.

 

[johnalison]

A permanent marker pen is much simple than painting if looks are not too important, and simple to touch up when required. The ink can be removed with white spirit, so can't be relied on for security, but is quite good enough for harbour identification.

 

[Ravi]

Sticky problem

A permanent marker pen is much simple than painting if looks are not too important, and simple to touch up when required. The ink can be removed with white spirit, so can't be relied on for security, but is quite good enough for harbour identification.

Would boat stickers (£3 from ebay) not work?

 

[frderek]

.... If it is an inflatable with a solid transom, can you paint it there? Or are they saying it must be on the rubber?

Edit. I assume this is what you are referring to: http://www.portofjersey.je/SiteCollectionDocuments/NtoM%2007%20of%202014%20Tenders%20and%20Dinghies%2020140228%20KW.pdf

Well done on finding that document, that is exactly what I am referring to. Doesn't apply to St. Aubin harbour yet, but let's hope it will soon as it's dinghy-hell here at the moment - lots of defating/sinking/falling-apart dinghies clogging up the pontoons and racks. If they do a similar thing here it should free up a lot of space for dinghy-owners who are still alive and still living in the island

Yes, I can put it on the transom but that will not be visible if the dinghy is in a rack so I wanted to put it also on the outboard edges on the tubes.

 

[mjcoon]

+1

I just wish they would get themselves into this century.

'Download pdf order form and fax it to us'.

'fax'. Jayzus, my fax went into the skip about 12 years ago.

You may be able to set "fax" as a printer and send direct from PC. (Not sure how phone number works, though; haven't used it since I stopped doing dial-up!)

Mike.

 

[frderek]

Try these people, they do lettering / ' nameplates ' for inflatables.

I've used them several times, always excellent service & value.

http://www.sacboatnames.com/

Exactly what I was looking for - huge thanks

 

[Seajet]

frderek,

I've always just ordered my requirements by phone, having had a good look at the handy booklet SAC send out first.

I' no sure about materials but it may be possible to get the dinghy name / no in retroflective stuff, which strikes me as a handy safety feature.

 

[Greenheart]

Why does that pronouncement from Jersey require outboards to be stored inside dinghies that are tied up? Aren't they much more available to thieves, lying loose in the boat?

 

[frderek]

Why does that pronouncement from Jersey require outboards to be stored inside dinghies that are tied up? Aren't they much more available to thieves, lying loose in the boat?

We don't lock our doors and commonly leave our keys in the car if we block someone in

Most take their outboards home. Harbours don't want them tipped up and sticking out of the back of the tender (these are drying harbours so you can't leave them in the upright position). So if you ARE leaving it, leave it inside.

 

[Greenheart]

Harbours don't want them tipped up and sticking out of the back of the tender...so if you ARE leaving it, leave it inside.

Hmm, but why do harbours object to ouboard legs sticking out? Surely they're only a danger to themselves - and an encouragement to owners to check they're safe?

 

[frderek]

Hmm, but why do harbours object to ouboard legs sticking out? Surely they're only a danger to themselves - and an encouragement to owners to check they're safe?

I'm only guesing but I would have thought that they were a hazard to other tenders approaching the pontoon and in a swell are likey to damage other tenders as they swing around.??

 

[Seajet]

Dan,

try the pontoon where the mainly residents - about 1,000 of them it seems - tie their inflatables up at Bucklers Hard, all on nice short painters for their own convenience and sod anyone else trying to make it to the pontoon...

In the end one has to go from dinghy to dinghy like James Bond stepping across on alligators; if this lot left engines sticking up with sharp props it would be carnage.

So, thinking about it, something to be encouraged, at that place anyway !

 

[Greenheart]

In the end one has to go from dinghy to dinghy like James Bond stepping across on alligators; if this lot left engines sticking up with sharp props it would be carnage.

That's a very colourful image! I daresay the rules' authors know what's best. Maybe the landing area could be made more accessible with a series of jetties or pontoons?

 

[Seajet]

As for St Helier outer harbour it's a long time since I've been there, but unless it's changed a lot it is not the sort of place many visitors will be, and it's a case of big walls and ladders; so I suppose everyone has their spot worked out and there aren't many dinghies to a spot, but an outboard sticking up anywhere could spell curtains for someone elses' inflatable.

 

[frderek]

It's not so much the 'outer' harbours (la Collette is the outer harbour and doesn't dry) as the old drying 'French' and 'English' harbours, the home of local bilge-keelers and yacht-cradles. The biggest dinghy pontoon is outside South Pier Marine and SHYC but there are others. As you say, with a 40ft tidal range there are big walls and long ladders. Visitors are accommodated in the main St. Helier Marina which has a gate/sill.