Rib 4 Macmillan

[lakelandterrier]

I think red would work well - better than green - it won't be a naval boat (sorry ShinyShoe - unless we get a donation from Mr Browning (don't think it will take a Bofors or Oerlikon!)

[SPR]

red - I have seen on other sea riders - red and black are nice but I have red on my black tubes retro-reflective would be cool!

grey looks good too lol

[Ian M]

My vote - red stripe

[HUMBER P4VWL]

Originally Posted by crew2

this is going to be one fantastic looking boat! I've just googled some images and i think i'd be inclined to leave the tubes all black - sleek and awesome - but what do i know? Over to you, alex.

+1

[biffer]

You've opened up a can of worms Chris. My personal choice would have been grey

[Chris Caton]

Originally Posted by biffer

You've opened up a can of worms Chris. My personal choice would have been grey

grey, nah that's old hat mate, black is the new grey

[landlord]

Originally Posted by biffer

You've opened up a can of worms Chris. My personal choice would have been grey

+1 grey

[biffer]

The whole boat is black and grey, if you had done the black upholstery with red piping then maybe red pin stripe, best thing maybe is get it done then hold a red or a grey or green stripe up and see what looks in keeping

[SPR]

Originally Posted by biffer

The whole boat is black and grey, if you had done the black upholstery with red piping then maybe red pin stripe, best thing maybe is get it done then hold a red or a grey or green stripe up and see what looks in keeping

grey - is the strips on my black rib and looks good too - what colour are the seats being done?

[biffer]

Black cushions, grey console

[SPR]

Originally Posted by biffer

Black cushions, grey console

grey sounds the best option then !

[matt h]

Keep it Military Stylee all the way!

[GordyP]

If it helps, these are Henshaw tubes in the same fabric with grey patches.

[A1an]

When it was posted up about black tubes and black rubbing strake my first thought was that maybe it was too much black and a grey rubbing strake would've set it off nicely.

On that basis it would have to be a grey stripe.

Just my tuppence worth.

[Barrowboy]

Originally Posted by Chris Caton

grey, nah that's old hat mate, black is the new grey

only in your garage Chris!

[Chris Caton]

Originally Posted by Barrowboy

only in your garage Chris!

just you wait till I post my pics on Saturday, see who's laughing then eh

anyway, don't see much point in going on about grey tubes, Chris has made a fantastic gesture of replacing the tubes, I for one think they look brilliant, and at the end of the day we are looking at raising as much dosh for MacMillan as possible, so we should be looking at the widest appeal we can with colours etc n not limiting the build to a narrow spec, but hey what do I know

[HUMBER P4VWL]

Originally Posted by GordyP

If it helps, these are Henshaw tubes in the same fabric with grey patches.

That's a LOW Waterline/transom!! Does it slosh over in reverse/stern to sea etc?

Nice boat though!

[GordyP]

Yep, it's an open transom at the sides, Arctics and Atlantics have a similar set up. Makes washing the deck very easy.........

[biffer]

Originally Posted by GordyP

Yep, it's an open transom at the sides, Arctics and Atlantics have a similar set up. Makes washing the deck very easy.........

I have a mould here somewhere that will cure that low transom, done a good few of them where they fail the coding surveys

[GordyP]

Originally Posted by biffer

I have a mould here somewhere that will cure that low transom, done a good few of them where they fail the coding surveys

Problem is if I raise the transom my wee outboard legs won't reach the water anymore....