green boat

Peter, I can't find a picture of your boat. Not even in th Diaries. Weren't you at one time having a problem getting it in the Diaries?

The Fern green is darker and is more of a green whereas the Autumn is lighter and had a tint of yellow to it. Check under one of you step pads for a closer to original color. Are you painting? I thought at one time you were going to re gel coat!

thanks yeah thats my boat it is in the diaries . i used the previous owners pics . at this point if i have time between the new stringers and transmission i would only be able to paint it this yr . i tried to link that pic to my forum but i must not be doing it right

Phil's Cuda


Sorry pete but this was my Best of show vote at GL last year.

8122pbrainard wrote: Peter (and Tim), Well the first picture sitting at rest in the lake, is the Fern. Tim, the second picture is Phil's Cuda? It's the Autumn. You can see the hint of yellow in it.

Peter, I hope you dont have to paint! That Fern is a terrific color- and rare.

Pete, the pic I posted is my '72 Skier. Same color as Phil's, I believe. We've always called it pea green, though Autumn sounds much nicer.

Peter, im confused- why do you want to paint it? Whats wrong with the gelcoat?

The gel is very thick and hard, and will be much more durable than any paint.

I'm with Pete and Tim on the classicness (is that a word?) of that dark green. Years back I wasn't big on it nor did I like refrigerators or ranges or carpet in that same color. But it's coming full circle. Glad to hear you're going to stick with it Peter. The green '70 Mustang (Diaries) that Rodney and I have came to us somewhat faded but with some sanding and compounding came back great and good enough to take a 3rd-in-class trophy at Orlando several yrs ago.   

As far as the names of the color(s), I'm not completely sure we're on it yet Pete. I'm wondering if Tim's and Phil's boats aren't actually Inca Gold and the olive/avocado shade is the Autumn green, as both of those colors were listed in the 71 Brochure, but no other greens. I went for a quick search of Inca Gold as a color and found this site. The background looks surprisingly close to the boat color in question. http://www.portholeauthority.com/thenewtbird/ours/IG.html

So, in the case of Peter's older Skylark, I'm inclined to think its Autumn. I've seen another shade of light green on a Cuda that looked nice and was just light green, and finally found a boat like it in the
'68 Brochure. I think it might be the Fern Green, since Autumn Green is carried on into the 71 Brochure as mentioned above and the dark green was definitely made up thru that time frame. FWIW.
    

I'd never seen a ski boat CC in that dark color until Peter's boat was posted on CCF. It was a popular color on the Freeports back in the day. I never liked it much back then, but on these smaller inboards, they look good in any color. How do you deal with scratches and gouges though?

peter1234 wrote: guys my gel coat is pretty played out . it is faded and maybe i could get some of it back but most of it is very transparent right into the glass you can see all the cloth pattern of the boat structure , either i will need to paint as close as i can to the original or will have to find a way to re gel in the color i have

Peter, Try bringing the existing gel back before you go to the extent of paint or a re gel. The roving (cloth pattern) you are seeing was the norm for a CC through into the late 70's. I was actually told by a Meloon one time that seeing the roving through the gel was proof of a high strength quality hull! CC used the roving instead of cloth against the gel as a first layer of glass.

Tim D, per CC's list of colors, I still don't think that's green, but maybe I'm color blind.

Riley wrote: Restoring the gel coat is far better than painting, but what do you do when there are a lot of scratches and deep gouges down to the fiberglass? If the hull is in tough shape, it seems like filling the gouges and painting maybe the only practical solution isn't it? Peter, I called you last night. I'll try you again tonight.

Bruce, Which Peter?

Glass with deep gouges are filled just like you would prep for a paint job but then instead of spraying paint, you spray a polyester gel coat. The biggest difference is after the spray job. Gel doesn't like to be sprayed so you end up with a VERY orange peeled surface. This requires lots of hard block wet sanding to level out and then of coarse a buff job. The re gel requires the additional man hours but you end up with a new boat.

Riley wrote: Pete, you're Pete, Peter1234 is Peter. I looked at his boat last summer. He's got some scratches and gouges to deal with, but if they can be repaired rather than painted, that is the best way to go.

Sounds like he needs some spot gelcoat repairs, and a good wetsand+buffing.