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Sure, I can fix a boating career, I have used just about every kind leak, head down, backside up, while the boat is being of paint combination imaginable to brighten up the thrown around in a seaway, and I know how to heave-to. topsides and deck. Beach sand for non-slip, cheap But my sailing is more to do with hammers and bailing house paint, expensive epoxy—I’ve tried them all. wire than the niceties of trimming the sails for that extra Advances in paint technology have changed the way lift to windward. This is where the youngsters put me to we paint our boats. One thing that hasn’t changed shame, especially when I’m racing – all those rules! is how carefully we must prepare the surface to be Away from racing, more and more youngsters are ac- painted. Get the preparation wrong and your spar- companying their parents on extended cruises – crossing kling paint job may not last. I saw an example of this oceans or sailing right around the world. We thought it the other day on a steel boat in a St. Martin anchor- would be fun to celebrate youth sailing, racing or cruis- age. I don’t know what kind of paint had been used, ing, by dedicating a monthly column to young people. or when the boat had been refinished, but the paint We are offering you a chance to share your story with our was peeling off from the bow in sheets. The owner readers. Are you running a youth sailing program, is your was not happy. child a racer, are you cruising with children onboard? Are Beginning this month, we start a major new series you yourself a young cruiser or racer? If you answer yes about paint. This is a series of articles that you will want to any of these questions and would like to contribute to keep. Like all our features if you miss one part of the our new column then please get in touch and I will send series, don’t worry, you can always find it in the online you more details. 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