Now that the anitfoul has been completed, and it feels weird to the touch, we both expected Silic to be super hard like glass or ceramic, but it’s soft, and smooth, almost like skin, it feels creepy. But now that it’s finished the guys will stat polishing the upper hull sides ready for Tony the sticker man to add the long stripes above the water line.

What we have learnt is the interesting optical illusion the shape of the hull creates on both multi and mono hulls. As the hull curves flat towards the water the ‘line’ needs to increase in height to retain the appearance of a constant height from a distance.

On our boat we have a crease (or a ‘chine’) that goes from front to back just above the waterline. This is higher at the front than the back. We plan to work with this as a visual guide for the lower and bigger of the two stripes, and then keep the distance between the antifoul and the stripe a consistent 50mm. This means the stripe is wider 200mm at the front than the back 150mm. It will also be in a solid glossy black.

The upper thinner line will sit above the chine and have a consistent width all along the length and will be a metallic dark grey. And then finally we will extend and fill the dark background either side of the windows to fill forward and out to create a further continuous band that will support the name on the bow.

Tony’s artistic impression (above) becomes reality (below) and looks incredible. Just the names on the bow, transom and boom to do now! Thanks Tony!