This Nacra 20 has me drooling, looks like it's been mostly stored. Anyone have experience with black gel coat? I know the black anodized aluminum (that most of us have) gets plenty hot, but fiberglass being more an insulator I'm wondering if it really gets that hot?
http://www.thebeachcats.com/classifieds/catamarans/p12040-2001-nacra-inter-20-black-hulls.html
It would be hotter on the trailer and beached than in the water - would have to keep the ports open when not in use
He lists everything in the ad but a mast?
That boat would be a steal!
Worrell 1000 and Tybee 500 competitor.
DAMN that's a sexy boat!
One thing for sure: open the ports and leave it outside and uncovered, and it's gonna be dry dry dry inside in no time.
If the boat is near you, bring a non-contact thermometer. A friend picked one up for me for less than $20 a couple of years ago. The thing is great for stuff like this. Point, click, and find out just how hot it gets in the sun. In any case I can't imagine it would be much worse to sit on than a black tramp. If it starts to get hot, swing into a wave and let the spray cool things down.
Heat aside, you might contact a gel coat manufacturer to find out what the story is on black gel coat and UV damage. If it's absorbing more in the UV, it may fade faster than lighter colored gel coats. I know red gel coats used to be prone to this. Not sure about modern chemicals.
If you get it, let us know how it is! >drool<
Tom
Call it "BLACK MAGIC" 😆
It'll be noticeably hotter, probably uncomfortable where we sail in Florida. I have a friend who painted his mystere 6.0 a dark gray. Looks beautiful but it's hot enough to change the density of the air around it, so you can see the heat waves coming off the thing. No such waves on the white boats.
I believe that Falcon Marine used to offer dark colors on the F16 with the caveat that they weren't warrantied, but I don't think that page (price sheet IIRC) is on their website any more.
agreed, the battleship grey is uncomfortably hot to the touch and even just being near it, in the full FL sun/heat. Even in the water you can tell a large difference compared to any white boat.
i painted mine pale yellow and the temps are not an issue...i chose yellow so the helicopter would see my boat drifting to cuba in case i passed out.
there is also a black wild cat.
but when your moving and have spray hitting the hulls it should not get to hot.
There was a black beachcat at the lake this afternoon, it was pretty hot. Noticeably cooler than the black anodized Al, but I wouldn't want to sit on it. 40 miles north of Houston (Lake Conroe).
in the summer in fl. it would be too hot to sit on. we had a red inflatable dinghy and it was too hot to sit on. we had to splash water on it where we would sit to tolerate it.
marc
It looks like the nonskid part of the decks are white.
Saw this late model a-cat today at the lake of Zug in Switzerland and it appears to be originally black. Can't comment on
how hot it is,but appears they made them black.
Edited by pknapp66 on Jun 06, 2012 - 09:57 AM.
I just painted mine dark blue, in Texas, and they're REALLY HOT. Good idea on keeping the ports open...
The decks on this boat are light grey. I never noticed the hulls getting too hot. That may because it is in So Cal where it doesn't get too hot. The boat is 10 years old and looks great. It has been in So Cal for two years but lived on the MA area most of its life. It is always covered when not in use.
Edited by denton13 on Jun 06, 2012 - 06:06 PM.
DamonLinkous wrote: Anyone have experience with black gel coat?
It is as hot as the black aluminum. Looks nice but not comfortable to sit on while lake sailing unless you continually cool it with water.
If memory serves me correctly, one of the black I 20 is in San Diego, and the other went east to Brian Lambert...
Is this Brian's old boat?
Denton13, you need a crew, bring that bad boy Ventura and I'll help ring er out!!
denton13 wrote: The decks on this boat are light grey. I never noticed the hulls getting too hot. That may because it is in So Cal where it doesn't get too hot. The boat is 10 years old and looks great. It has been in So Cal for two years but lived on the MA area most of its life. It is always covered when not in use.
Denton13, thanks for checking in.
If you get tired of paying storage and registration fees and want your boat to go to a good home, I'd volunteer to come to California and pick it up. Just sayin... It could have a second life as the star of TheBeachcats.com 😀
i bought the boat from the second owner so i don't know about Brian L.
In regards to picking it up...its waiting for a loving home. I'm to busy to be looking for crews and teaching how to crew. Maybe we set up a Beachcats.com IPO and use some of that Morgan Stanley funding to inshine the beast. She would be great advertising and a good write off. cant go much worse then the Facebook IPO.
Seeing your in TN maybe we can hang out on the wire in Elvis costumes for a little extra WOW factor...or has that been done?
slosail & canvas does a color/heat demonstration with their tramp
Amazing
slo sail & canvas does a horrible job returning customer property, i would never use them again and will mention this EVERY time i see anyone mention their name.
ok MN3... I was only using the video to show the temp ranges of different colors.
Good to know
Just got in my SLO H18 Magnum Tramps....They're amazing.... as was the Hobie 16 tramp i bought from them last year as well. Guess its a 1000:1 Great to Bad Slo ratio 🙄
Edited by fxloop on May 28, 2014 - 06:57 PM.
I also have a tramp and wings covers from SLO -- no complains.