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Thursday, July 10, 2008 Using the same method I employed last week to strike the "waterline" (bottom paint line), I spent nearly the entire day striking the double boot stripes. Beginning with a 1" blue space above the eventual bottom paint, I struck a pair of 3/4" lines (to be white), with 3/4" space (blue) between. For each of the four tape lines required, I positioned my jigs fore and aft, carefully leveled the cross members at the appropriate height, and used my string to mark the hull appropriately. Then, after marking both sides, I applied masking tape, following the marks and fairing as needed by eye, before moving on to the next section, when I'd repeat the entire process. A few times along the way, I wished in an offhand way that the boat was a little less shapely--something more along the lines of, say, a river barge, which might have been a little easier to tape. Alas, Bolero was no river barge. |
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I managed to get the final set of marks in place by the end of the day--the final tape line would go just above the green tape ticks at the top--but didn't apply the top masking tape line because I needed to shift gears and apply the second coat of nonskid paint before knocking off. |
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