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Champagne hull colour |
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Instead of the standard white colour of gelcoat (which technically is the best colour to use in warm climes as it reflects the sun's rays and doesn't absorb energy due to its high albedo) or the common “Flag Blue” that I had on Zanshin I I saw a picture in the first brochure for the Jeanneau 57 with a hull coloured “Champagne” that looked perfect and that was one of the few decisions regarding how to outfit the yacht that I never revisited or revised. The pictures below are from the commissioning process and show the hull first in white and then in the various stages of completion. The paint used is Awlgrip.
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The colour does have some downsides, but so far it has been quite nice and quite distinctive. Those countries with electronic clearance systems, notably France, have a list of boat couloirs and of course “Champagne” is not on the list, so I substitute approximations of “Gold” or “Beige”. The AwlGrip is not completely free of maintenance, but after storage I ask Vernon, the expert cleaner at Nanny Cay, to clean and polish the topsides for me and that brings the colour back to a lustre.
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