Westerly paint job - bloody nora

[dylanwinter]

neat trailer too

this was done by a Yankee KTL sailor called Rob Hoffman - you can see his other boat in the background

http://www.keepturningleft.co.uk/blogs/bloody-nora-westerly-pageant/

 

[jac]

Is there a story behind it?

I can see the profile of a lady just below the forward porthole so assuming it all means something.

 

[Tam Lin]

Goodness me! I have just finished painting my boat - all the same colour! That was hard enough, I can't imagine the work needed to do this one!

 

[ferrymaniom]

Now that is terrific. A great paint job.

 

[BobnLesley]

It probably wasn't as difficult as it looks; many years ago I did a similar colour scheme on the tank/fairing of a motorbike just using brushes, the results were brilliant and by no stretch of the imagination am I a painter - with the smaller areas I didn't get the usual 'runs' and the black demarcation lines could be 'tweaked' to disguise dodgy bits.

 

[SimbaDog]

I quite like that

 

[penfold]

Zoiks! No danger of losing your boat in the anchorage!

 

[dunmor]

i think that looks superb, much better than a boring white hull.

 

[Tam Lin]

Zoiks! No danger of losing your boat in the anchorage!

Or getting away with the excuse that it wasn't my boat, must be one that looks like mine!

 

[OGITD]

He must be an Art Teacher .... or something similar etc ...... but! ... I do like what he's done with the windows ..... making an old yacht / design look quite modern ...... so it's a 'thumbs-up' (for the windows) from me!

 

[Phoenix of Hamble]

love it!

 

[Seajet]

I love it too, should have been standard; but that would defeat the object.

Hat is off to the chap.

 

[Plevier]

Dazzle camouflage maybe?
Impressive!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/USS_West_Mahomet_(ID-3681)_cropped.jpg

 

[Otter]

Excellent!

 

[stav]

If only we where brave enough to paint all our boats in a similar but different scheme!

Well done that man in America.

 

[Tam Lin]

Actually he could be opening up a whole new world. I could have painted my boat in flick painted spots or got my pre-school grandchildren to do finger painting etc. Who says that I had to work hard to get a decent even finish when with a little imagination I could have been much more creative?

 

[Daydream believer]

Am i the only one who thinks it looks totally Naff!! ?

 

[dylanwinter]

maybe not alone

Am i the only one who thinks it looks totally Naff!! ?

but one of the few

I rather like it

Dylan

 

[Daydream believer]

but one of the few

I rather like it

Dylan

Come on !!
Would you honestly want your own boat painted like that?

 

[Wandering Star]

but one of the few

I rather like it

Dylan

Yes, me too. I suppose this sort of paint job can only be achieved by hand painting? Is there a process that could could achieve an individualised spray job? There's a system of vinyl skinning isn't there, I wonder if the vinyl skin could be randomly patterned? Would certainly cheer up the marinas if it caught on!

Cheers, Brian.