On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, John Waddington wrote: > Kenneth Cooperstein wrote: > The > > manufacturer tried to dissuade me from a bright white hull, suggesting > > that an off-white (ivory or oyster) hull will show stains less > > One of my kayaks has a white hull and it does tend to pick up a grey > scummy line along the water line. It usually isn't bad and wipes off > easily, though. One advantage of the white hull (with a fibreglass > boat) is that it doesn't show scratches as much. > > John same reason i bought white, my dad used to race sailboats, and said white doesn't show the scratches as well. so i have more white boats than any other color... sure are boring looking, and once there are a million or so little scratches, the scratches hold the dirt, and then your white boat isn't white... mark -- #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com----http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark ---- # mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [_| [_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/paddler [index to club websites i administer] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page -- Fortune: One kind word can warm three winter months. --Japanese Proverb *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Oct 06 1999 - 05:41:43 PDT
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