Hi Wayne, I have never done any graphics on a boat, but I have laid out and hand painted the names on my old Tripp-Lentsch, the MICRO, the ComPac 16, and on all my dinghies, Optimists and other toys. On the M15 I used commercially available letters that I just applied to the boat. (because I also had to put on the Connecticut Registration numbers) The problem that you get into is the proper spacing of the letters, so the best way to do it is grab a piece of white butcher paper and play with your lettering layout. Then you can put the letters in a straight line or in an arc; play with the spacing until it "looks" right; and then use your paper product as the means to layout the actual lettering on your transom or boat side. On a transom, I try to make the name as large as possible, but that still works with the size of the transom itself. You want the name to stand out, but the transom is not a Billboard, and the name should be in a proper scale to the transom size. Legibility is increased if the spacing between letters is a bit larger. Art supply stores will have quite a selection of vinyl peel off lettering available in various sizes and font types, as well as in colors. I have stuck with white letters against my former red hulled boats. It makes for good legibility. If you really want to get fancy with names and graphics, an old BOAT U.S. Catalog I have, shows various boat graphics possibilities: lettering; colors; symbols; borders; etc. Check them out on their web site: boatus.com/boat graphics Happy painting Connie
Thanks for the encouraging words, I'd like to paint my boat's name on the transom of my M17, just don't have that kind of talent. May just decide to go for it. Wayne M17 #204 "Intrepid" ----- Original Message ----- From: <chbenneck@juno.com> To: <saltydog@ev1.net>; <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 9:31 AM Subject: Re: M_Boats: boat names
Hi Wayne,
I have never done any graphics on a boat, but I have laid out and hand painted the names on my old Tripp-Lentsch, the MICRO, the ComPac 16, and on all my dinghies, Optimists and other toys.
On the M15 I used commercially available letters that I just applied to the boat. (because I also had to put on the Connecticut Registration numbers)
The problem that you get into is the proper spacing of the letters, so the best way to do it is grab a piece of white butcher paper and play with your lettering layout. Then you can put the letters in a straight line or in an arc; play with the spacing until it "looks" right; and then use your paper product as the means to layout the actual lettering on your transom or boat side.
On a transom, I try to make the name as large as possible, but that still works with the size of the transom itself. You want the name to stand out, but the transom is not a Billboard, and the name should be in a proper scale to the transom size.
Legibility is increased if the spacing between letters is a bit larger.
Art supply stores will have quite a selection of vinyl peel off lettering available in various sizes and font types, as well as in colors.
I have stuck with white letters against my former red hulled boats. It makes for good legibility.
If you really want to get fancy with names and graphics, an old BOAT U.S. Catalog I have, shows various boat graphics possibilities: lettering; colors; symbols; borders; etc. Check them out on their web site: boatus.com/boat graphics
Happy painting
Connie
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If you like the vinyl lettering, many local sign shops can do those for you, such that you just peel off the paper and stick the whole name on. They can do colors and graphics. Apparently, the main trick is to get it lined up right before you let it touch the boat. Otherwise, it will wind up a cockeyed. One example of many: http://www.seamaidboatlettering.com/boat_lettering_home.html Just do a Google search for "vinyl boat lettering". But again....local shops can do this too. If you have the ability to do the graphics yourself, they can take the graphics file and go with it.
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