bottom paint charges

I've developed a new pet peeve. bottom paint charges. Bottom paint services are based on boat length. This is wrong. It should be based on waterline length. My 36 ft boat has a waterline of 27 feet. Another more modern 36 ft yacht with plum bow and waterline carried to end of stern could have 35+ feet of waterline, and have a wider waterline to boot. Why should they cost the same for a bottom job? Reggie

Yes and how about a 32 foot fin keel, flat bottom sport boat next to a Westsail 32...... wetted surface! Mike RobinsonS/V Primrose(916) 705-3200 our blog:http://www.sailblogs.com/member/primrose/ To: ca… [at] yahoogroups.com From: my… [at] hotmail.com Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 02:30:04 -0600 Subject: [Cal_Boats] bottom paint charges I've developed a new pet peeve. bottom paint charges. Bottom paint services are based on boat length. This is wrong. It should be based on waterline length. My 36 ft boat has a waterline of 27 feet. Another more modern 36 ft yacht with plum bow and waterline carried to end of stern could have 35+ feet of waterline, and have a wider waterline to boot. Why should they cost the same for a bottom job? Reggie

On 4/19/2013 9:03 AM, Michael Robinson wrote: > > > Yes and how about a 32 foot fin keel, flat bottom sport boat next to a > Westsail 32...... > > wetted surface! So the lesson that we can take from this thread is that somebody should design an app that translates a photo of the boat into a reasonably accurate wetted-surface area estimate. Chris Campbell >