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Commentary: Teal Is The New Black

When it comes powerboat paintjob colors, almost everything comes around again, https://www.offshoreonly.com/article...-the-new-black.

From the OSO home page.

I am now glad that I have embraced the teal on my past two boats and have found many matching teal accessories/clothing! I'm in the "cool" crowd now! haha.

That is a gorgeous paint scheme by the way!

I still have a couple of teal fenders from my 1998 Velocity.

Padraig

That is very nice, both the colors used and design will look good for a number of years.

Hopefully "teal's" best friend and companion, "fuchsia" won't show up any time soon.

The first time I saw a teal boat was at IMTEC (the industries premier trade show back then) at McCormick Place in Chicago. It was on top of the SleekCraft semi and was being delivered along with another gray one. I was the Midwest dealer at the time. Sleek was a typical west coast builder at the time as they did all color in the gelcoat. We were told by Jim Foley (one of my favorite people) to expect one in "grays into silvers, with a touch of green" and a "gray one with a little red". They were heavy on the TEAL, not green and heavy on the f-ing PINK, not red. We bought the teal one before it was unloaded. We ended up with the pink one too. We brought them back to the Chicago boat show that year and sold them both. Poof

Teal being the new clack is a bit of a stretch but the boat is gorgeous.

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Originally Posted by iamjoe (Post 4625498)

The first time I saw a teal boat was at IMTEC (the industries premier trade show back then) at McCormick Place in Chicago. It was on top of the SleekCraft semi and was being delivered along with another gray one. I was the Midwest dealer at the time. Sleek was a typical west coast builder at the time as they did all color in the gelcoat. We were told by Jim Foley (one of my favorite people) to expect one in "grays into silvers, with a touch of green" and a "gray one with a little red". They were heavy on the TEAL, not green and heavy on the f-ing PINK, not red. We bought the teal one before it was unloaded. We ended up with the pink one too. We brought them both back to the Chicago boat show that year and sold them both. Poof

Teal being the new clack is a bit of a stretch but the boat is gorgeous.

A stretch indeed—and the headline was tongue in cheek. But for anyone who didn't get that (and that happens from time to time), I wrote as much in the second to last paragraph. The chances of seeing a teal resurgence are nil.

But seeing a once-tired color (tweaked a bit from its original form) made new is pretty cool, and Thomas Kulesia and Chris Mills definitely pulled it off with Mr. Rayzor's Skater.

Your mention of IMTEC made me nostalgic for Chicago. I don't miss covering it—trade shows can be a drag—but it gave me an excuse to get to Chicago every year. Love that town.

I give Dale credit and 2 thumbs up for coming up with something original. Boat looks great!
Not another me 2 outboard cat same similar design with just different colors. Dale will get that thing dialed in too!

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Originally Posted by payuppsucker (Post 4625453)

Hopefully "teal's" best friend and companion, "fuchsia" won't show up any time soon.

My old and current boats have the fuchsia "tag-along" friend as well! yes, that color can fade away and nobody will miss it! Planning on adding more teal and covering the fuchsia on my current boat haha!

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Originally Posted by Gimme Fuel (Post 4625574)

One of mine has it as well. Not a fan............

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Originally Posted by payuppsucker (Post 4625592)

One of mine has it as well. Not a fan............

the formula’s coming back in style😉

sorry not for me friend had a teal F 150 for work and the stares we got driving around in that were awful

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Originally Posted by Matt Trulio (Post 4625499)

Your mention of IMTEC made me nostalgic for Chicago. I don't miss covering it—trade shows can be a drag—but it gave me an excuse to get to Chicago every year. Love that town.

IMTEC was a blast. When the left coast people came it tended to get pretty wild. The Sleek people were all nuts

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Originally Posted by Double Rigged (Post 4625507)

I give Dale credit and 2 thumbs up for coming up with something original.

Original? You be the judge...

from 2017
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...f4f6f55e05.jpg

Just think, Baja started it all..................:party-smiley-004:

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...

Once again Razor has hit it out of the park.

I dont agree that the color is teal.

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...8a2ef4a6a3.jpg

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Originally Posted by Flightplan (Post 4625636)

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...

Once again Razor has hit it out of the park.

I dont agree that the color is teal.

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...8a2ef4a6a3.jpg

I knew someone would challenge "teal" as a descriptor. But color wheels are not absolutes. I ran the photo in the article past two boat painters one longtime fashion industry business person, and all agreed the color is teal.

But I'm certain people of differing opinions can be found.

Just for fun, differing examples of teal, https://www.google.com/search?q=exam...w=1536&bih=810.

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Originally Posted by Cevert (Post 4625623)

Original? You be the judge...

from 2017
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...f4f6f55e05.jpg

Unique—meaning one and only—as a color choice? No. But original as applied to a Skater catamaran in combination with other colors? Definitely, at least the definition of the word as applied to the project at hand.