Re: [Paddlewise] Hull color -- white or off-white?

From: Mark Zen <canoeist_at_netbox.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 06:40:26 -0600 (MDT)
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

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