What color Awlgrip?

[Ductboy]

After 8 years of owning my 34' Whisperjet, I worked a trade deal for a Hinckley 29C (center console).

The boat has its original, and very typical, flag blue Awlgrip and could use a paint job. I have given the green light to a well repected fiberglass/paint shop in Mass. Now I need to choose a color.

The easiest and safest choice would be to just stick with flag blue. Probably 75% of Hinckleys leave the factory this color. It looks good, it's what people expect in a Hinckley, it would probably be best for resale....and it's boring...

I'd like to stick with something 'classic', but want it to stand out a bit. Right now I'm considering claret red or stars and stripes blue. If I did red, about the only bottom paint color I could do is black, if I did the Stars and Stripes blue, I've seen bottoms done in black, red, green and maybe blue. I like the idea of changing bottom colors every couple of years, it's kind of like a minor facelift every few years.

Any ideas or thoughts?

Thanks

 

[Sandy]

I'm generally not at all a fan of red-hulled boats, but I've seen a red 29C whose owner occasionally fishes a spot I frequent and have to admit it looked very good in combo with all that brightwork.

http://features.boats.com/boat-content/files/2003/09/img2165.jpg

In the other direction, perhaps an elegant deep shade of gray?

You or Hinckley or perhaps the paint shop could Photoshop a pic of your boat with all the different colors you might consider so you coud get a better idea of what strikes you as something you could enjoyably live with over time.

 

[Robyns Nest]

I'm having my hull painted Star & Stripes Blue this winter.

On a Hinckley I think it would look great. You do a red & blue boot stripe and it really sets it off.

I love that detail.