New Graphics For My 232 Captiva

partlowr

I decided I want to spice up the appearance of my 232 Captiva Cuddy and make it look a little more "Sport Boat". I have been dealing with Raceline Digital out of Ontario, Canada and thus far they have been a pleasure to work with. They will do custom graphics and wraps but they also have a line of about 75 different ready made graphics templates. They will scale them and cut them to any length and you get to mix and match any color combination you want. I went to their site, picked 5 of their standards designs and e-mailed them a side profile photo of my boat. You can see the results of their work above.

I have decided to go with the AP-906 with the "yellow green" stripe(top photo) just have not decided if I want to add the additional graphics above the rub rail or not. All of the blue you see is in my existing gelcoat. I also added a "before" pic at the bottom for comparison so you can see the difference. Price wise I can get the top image done with three colors in a 18ft graphics length and above rub rail graphics for about $590, without the above rail graphics price drops to $500.  

 

Handymans342

Nice. I like the yellow or green stripe side. 

Michael T

@partlowr, really cool presentation.  Very interesting to see real sized potential views! I live in Ontario and have heard great things about Raceline. I noticed your side mounted through hulls in the pics -  awesome! Your  232 is going to look great! 

BTW,  I'm in Phoenix for two weeks and didn't think I'd see any boats -  except on this forum lol -  but I came across two off shore racing boats in a parking lot.  They had been "wrapped" I asked one of the guys and he said the boats were done by Arizona Color Wraps......... AZ
Color Wraps........WeWrapBosts.Com  The guy said "go ahead and push on the wrap"  I said "Brother,  I can't afford to scratch it"  lol.  He said "don't worry about that,  it, 's wacky too tough".

Long story short the wrap was amazing.  First time I had seen anything that big "wrapped".  Both boats were 40 footers,  one a Cigarette and one a Scarab.

Your boat is going to look AWESOME! 

Handymans342

MT you are so funny when presented with technology lol

Michael T

Steve, technology is exciting.  I was even excited by the tile job you did at your new mansion. 

MarkB

I like the pattern you chose.

Robs_232

Love what you are doing. These graphics are way cool and will turn many heads on the lake. I really like that they are showing you what each graphic will look like on your boat. Would love to do something like this on my 2004 232 BR to add a custom look. Show us pictures when done

Rob

andy_f

@partlowr - Nice graphics! What year is your 232? Just wondering 'cause I have a 2000 232.

Cableguy Greg

 If I had to guess, I would say his 232 is a 95 or 96. In 1998, the blue hull boats didn't have pink as an accent color. My blue 98 had beige accents and gold piping on the seats. I changed my graphics from the 98, to ones from an 07 246. It looked great.

Glassguy54

I peeled the graphics off our '07 246 and think it looks pretty classy, but I might consider adding new graphics if I could find something really unique.

partlowr

Here is a link to the Raceline Digital website

https://www.racelinedigital.com

partlowr

So this is the final colors and design I ended up going with. Just to be safe I had Chris at Raceline Digital send a color swatch sheet with samples all his colors of vinyl. He had a blue vinyl that matched the Rinker blue gelcoat perfectly. In the photo shop image the blues are slightly off but in the flesh they matched almost perfectly as far as I could see. Also the green shown in this photoshop mock up is much brighter than the vinyl sample of the iguana green I ended up going with.  I ended up going with an overall graphics length of 19ft for the main graphics and a 5 foot length for the accent stripes above the rub rail. he also threw in custom boat registration numbers. All in I spent $670 including shipping.

Not sure when I will get these graphics installed as I am in Chicago and it's still mighty cold and the boat is still all wrapped up. I will be sure to post some photos as soon as I get them installed. My next project is paining my trailer blue, I just got some sexy new aluminum wheels/tires for it and all new LED trailer lights. I am fortunate enough to have a very good friend that owns a trucking company and he has his own in-house diesel maintenance shop and a big car/truck lift so getting the boat off of the trailer for stripping, prep and painting should be fairly simple.  

Handymans342

Good choice!

Dream_Inn

I like it!  The extra above the rub rail is well worth it!

Robs_232

Awesome graphics. Can't wait to see pictures when installed on your boat!

Michael T

@partlowr.......BEAUTIFUL looking graphics and boat.  IMO no other boat looks as good as a Rinker when viewed from all angles! WELL DONE - your ride will turn heads wherever it goes and make other grown men weep! Definitely!....... and IMO that's the DUTY of a Rinker owner LOL....... :-) 

MarkB

Looks great.

championsportsnow

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226 r1  2008

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Michael T

UNBELIEVABLE! 

Cableguy Greg

Very cool!!!

MarkB

Wow. Is that a wrap??

Skippy79

This is mine 05 232, pic is taken while they we're wrapping it, now finished, looks like a brand new boat, well worth the money, otherwise it would have cost me another 20K to upgrade boats 

Michael T

OUTSTANDING! What a difference! Congratulations!

partlowr

Skippy79 said:

This is mine 05 232, pic is taken while they we're wrapping it, now finished, looks like a brand new boat, well worth the money, otherwise it would have cost me another 20K to upgrade boats 

Looks great, I think I saw this on the Rinker FB  group page.

My graphics will be getting installed/applied next Saturday March 12, I will post up some photos when it is complete.

partlowr

I finally installed the new graphics. I am very happy with the final product. Worth every penny. Took about 3 hours to install with a friend. I will post some better quality photos once I get it outside and cleaned up.

Handymans342

Very Nice! When you going to get her wet?

Michael T

Beautiful work, clean and classy! Love the through hulls!

partlowr

Handymans342 said:

Very Nice! When you going to get her wet?

I'm in Chicago so while we are having an early spring, 60's and even a day or to of 70's for the past week, it's still a little too early to drop your boat in the water. This time of year here is very unpredictable, a week from now we could have a foot of snow on the ground and temps in the teens so it's not worth risking a frozen or damaged engine block. We are usually in the clear by April 1st so I have to be patient for a few more weeks.  

chamberb

Incredible job partlowr. I love the new look!