looks good in pictures!

I know its too soon but,,you have to admit he laid down the paint pretty well.

some guys cant do as good with a spray booth,,looking good so far,,keep up the good work,do not let all the negative comments get you down.

well, considering it looks good, but I can also see its a little dry, making wet sanding suck more, I lay my paint jobs wet to need very little sanding....and as far as pics go, lots of things look great in pics, my boat looks new, its not and its 29 years old in person lol

If the paint is laid down flat it does not matter because I think that is a ugly pattern.

Wow lets paint it white with some big ugly red stripes!! That is the newest best paint job ever in the offshore boating world!!!!

I'm not trying to put down 315's skills but I don't think that paint fits the boat. Being a classic Cig he should have done the classic "Hockey Stick" stripes on it or just all white canvas for the next owner. If 315 wanted to do red on the boat a classic hockey stick in red with silver and black accents would be sweet!! Not many people buy a classic boat that has been made to look like a new boat. You either want a new boat or you want a vintage boat that looks like a vintage boat.

don't agree! look at todays tread ''cafe paint''

old cafe, with today's colors and scheme...

it's all and only a matter of personnal opinion. I had hockey type stripes and went with a ''crayola crazy paint '' and was much better for an older boat!

But that's only in my opinion, not everyone else of course!

Not a fan of that paint either, but its not my boat, I love the red/black/silver stripe on my boat, clean and simple....

even all white with a boot stripe aling bottom would have looked real good, less is more unless you go nuts then it can look cool..

Problem I have with the Café hull in general, is they are very ''Cockpit forward" by design. Meaning, they just don't have that traditional long nose look. I think this paint scheme will take away from the length of the boat from a visual standpoint. Long horizontal lines help make the boat look longer, like the hockey stripe style stuff.

However, paint is an opinion. Personally, I liked the retro look the boat had before. I would have stuck with that and just refinished/restored it. I am not a big fan of doing a drastic modern paint scheme, then keeping the whole ''420/TRS/Cable steering" thing. I love older boats that get stripped, gutted, repainted with wild paint scheme, but then fitted with a pair of #6 drives and 1000's. Old school paint with old school hardware goes together. Just my opinion. Either way, good to see some work getting done on it.

totally agree with this....