New Boat Name is On

jme097

So I finally figured out a name for my "new to me" 280. Picture below!

raybo3

Looks great

rasbury

Great name, have not come up with one for ours yet....I like that!

Cableguy Greg

@jme097, Looks great! The badge in the middle limits what you can do with graphics. The PO of my boat removed the badge so he could use the entire hatch lid.

raybo3

rasbury said:

Great name, have not come up with one for ours yet....I like that!

Hey ras what about.......... rasbury..........LOL

rasbury

ray, you hitting the sauce early today?

Handymans342

He fixed too many trains today

chamberb

Looks great @jme097 What graphics company did you use for the letters/decal?

raybo3

Yes Handy busy day today at work.....LOL ras no not drinking.....lol not sure what rasbury is but I would assume it would be a pretty good boat name if it has a meaning to you......... just say'n....

MarkB

Nice

Itzken

Just launched my new (to me) 06 320EC into Lake St.Clair.  She's my first Rinker, and  my second Great Lakes boat.  

jme097

@Itzken lookin' good. What marina are you in?

@chamberb I actually designed it on a site called "www.boatique.com". It was like $40. I wanted to do a custom graphic but the thought at spending $400-$500 was obnoxious to me. Thats a lot of gas I could burn. Looks good, I think, for $40

Dream_Inn

All the names look great!  Itzken, love the fact yours goes across both sides of the rear cabinet.  If you had squeezed it in there, well, it would look like you did.  Really looks classy!

jme097

Agreed for sure DI. Supposed to be in the mid 80's here for the next 2 weeks. Lookin' forward to long weekends!

NavyCTRC

You probably won't have this problem up north, but I put my graphic on 4 years ago, it has faded beyond belief.  Next time I will spend the money for a quality job that doesn't fade so fast. 

jme097

@NavyCTRC Oh I believe it for sure especially in the south. I figured for $40-$50 if I have to replace it in 4-5 yrs it is still worth it rather than spend $400-$500. I just couldn't justify that lol

chamberb

@jme097 Thanks! Looks great to me, I think we have finally settled on a name "Our Lake House".

Itzken

Jme097 I'm on the Nautical Mile in St. Clair Shores

jme097

@Itzken nice. I am currently staying at Sassy's on the North Channel

JBam67

jme097  what's Carl got the gas price over there this week?

jme097

When I left Sunday morning I think gas was at $2.56-ish. This weekend starts the "street priced" gas I am pretty sure @JBam67

JBam67

jme097 has he opened the gas docks to the general public, or still just residents?

jme097

From my understanding its everyone

jbschmalz23

@jme097, were your letters easy to put on? I have letters coming, and I'm worried I'll mess it up! Yours look great!

jme097

@jbschmalz23 I found it very easy to put on. I made a bottle of water/dishsoap mix and sprayed it on the back of the decal and the fiberglass. Soaked both of them. That way you can get it where you want it and also get the air bubbles out.

Your biggest area of concern is the prep. I washed down the fiberglass with Acetone thoroughly just to make sure it was clean. 

Northernmich

Just installed our new graphics last week! did the dry method. The compass rose was from the old name, we just worked around it. 

Northernmich

Michael T

Looks great, nice incorporation of two designs!

jme097

Lookin' good @Northernmich

raybo3

Awesome job......

Northernmich

Thanks Raybo3 - by the way I grew up down the street from you in New Bedford.
spent a bunch of time on Block island.