WestCoast
Super Anarchist
Zim C420s have had colored stripes on the transom quarter tanks for years.
We will definitely offer ILCA color options / design of some kind.
ILCA gives LPE the boot... seeking new Laser builder
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Zim C420s have had colored stripes on the transom quarter tanks for years.
We will definitely offer ILCA color options / design of some kind.
Wavedancer II
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Same price as the boring ('iceblue') ones?
Dave Clark
Anarchist
First colored boat out of the bonding jig. Partially obscured by the jig for the sake of modesty. Has PSA built any of their colored boats yet? If not I demand line-honors in the Great 2023 Dash For Panache. To quote Wallace "It's surprising what a lick of paint'll do."
DRC
I could be wrong but I thought no ILCA builder had ever built ice blue boats.
Wasn’t that a LPE thing ? 😀
Saw a gorgeous light blue (not ice blue) ILCA this summer at Nationals in Sydney ... but that blue you are doing there Dave looks great!
Gouvernail
Lottsa people don’t know I’m famous
Is this a new photo? Are you part of the Zim thing??
tillerman
Super Anarchist
Dave Clark
Anarchist
Damnit! Oh well.
No that's a Rocket in the Fulcrum Rocket/UFO plant in East Providence. Fulcrum withdrew from the ILCA application process in the tail end of 2019 on account of the high odds of too many builders being approved. We build Rockets instead and I participate on this thread recreationally now. Given that I build hundreds of boats a year that are quite similar to an ILCA, it's a naturally interesting topic.
Fresh out of the mold this morning and waiting for its deck- Rocket Red, which seems to vary from Crimson to the exact color of fresh blood, depending on the lighting.
The blue-grey we're running really is best described as the illumination you get when the sun has finished setting but the sky is still bright. Monday's is green, with a color I can only really call Wasabi.
More to come!
DRC
Gouvernail
Lottsa people don’t know I’m famous
Nice stuff!! I got your $$$ for the super secret project we shall never remember!!
My guess is in about 20 years the Sunfish will be gone entirely as a racing boat and the Rocket wil sorta be everywhere in NA.
Someone really ought to build a Laser in that color red.
RobbieB
Super Anarchist
It makes the boat at least 1ft longer on the start line...
VWAP
Super Anarchist
Red gelcoat is heavier
Dave Clark
Anarchist
Yeah but red is fast.
Meanwhile we’ve got another one out of the mold and I’m realizing it’s not wasabi. it’s a beguiling variant of sea foam that Porsche used on the 356 in the mid 50’s.
Calling dibs on all of these color tones. Any other builder who uses these this season is a now copycat.
DRC
Meanwhile we’ve got another one out of the mold and I’m realizing it’s not wasabi. it’s a beguiling variant of sea foam that Porsche used on the 356 in the mid 50’s.
Calling dibs on all of these color tones. Any other builder who uses these this season is a now copycat.
DRC
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VWAP
Super Anarchist
Congratulations
Dart96
Member
I've always wanted to know, what's the process for making two coloured boats. How is the gel coat applied? How is the join between the colours done? Masking?
AnIdiot
Sock
HR mask the blue stripe: https://www.hallberg-rassy.com/resources/how-a-hull-is-built
WCB
Super Anarchist
You can do it either way but the result is the same. Mask off at the waterline (the mold has a marked waterline in it in the tooling gelcoat for easy reference) and cover the topsides. Spray in the bottom white gelcoat. Unmask once tacky and then you can immediately spray the topside color and it overlaps the bottom white gelcoat just a little but you'll never see it unless you sand through the bottom white.
