GL: Boat Name Visibility part 3

[Ralph Yost]

Bob makes a good point....readability.
I have always been an advocate for PLAIN lettering for boat names and
hailing ports. I don't like seeing fancy script that is hard to read. It
always impresses me as a bad attempt to be "artistic" but defeats the
purpose of its application: easy identification. 

Our boat has a white transom with plain blue name and hailing port
lettering
http://tinyurl.com/2kjsxh

We do have the traditional gold lettering on wood varnished name boards
on the side of the fly bridge
http://tinyurl.com/38tsd5

Some folks use a fancy lettering with a clever name combination making
it very difficult to identify the boat name, such as BoatsRUS BOATRSUS
RBOATII etc.
R.


-----Original Message-----
From: great-loop-bounces at lists.samurai.com
[mailto:great-loop-bounces at lists.samurai.com] On Behalf Of Bob McLeran

Other than the boats that have equipment covering their boat name and 
hailing port, the most frustrating situation we encounter are (generally

speaking) the Grand Banks that have a beautifully finished wood transom 
with gold lettering, and name boards on the sides made the same way. 
Almost impossible to read at a distance, even with binoculars, due to 
reflections and shadows!

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Bob McLeran and Judy Young                  Manatee Cove Marina