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An awesome project done by us at Bayview Marina in Pittwater. This Hanse 388 was freshly imported and being commissioned by Team Windcraft who are the importers of Hanse, Dehler, Moody, Solaris and other yacht brands and have been a fantastic supporter of us and our marine wrapping solutions since the company start in 2015. We gave this brand new Hanse 388 a hull wrap using 3M Ice Blue With silver pinstripes and boot stripe. We are super proud how this turned out, and how good it looked at the Sydney Boat Show afterwards. The owner has been fantastic as we have kept in touch over the years to repair any damage that occurred and keep the yacht looking tip-top. Check out the quick video below for progress report. Boat: Hanse 388 Yacht Project: Vinyl Wrap in 3M 1080 Ice Blue Location: Windcraft Pittwater Get in touch today if you need a quote, we also do interior too!

This Cruiser Yacht 560 Express was an awesome project the Innovative Marines Coating team had the pleasure of being a part of. This one was done for Gippsland Ports in the pleasant little town of Paynesville in eastern Victoria. We dug this video out of the archives for you to check out, being originally done in May 2018. We also had time to give the front desk in the office new wrap and the dash on the boat too, both looking Boat: Cruiser Yacht 560 Express Project: Vinyl Wrap in 3M 1080 Gloss Black Location: Gippsland Ports & Desk We are marine vinyl wrapping experts in Australia, get in contact with our friendly team today!

The Innovative Marine Coatings team turned the 26ft Yacht into a classy head turner. For this project we used the Avery Dennison Supreme Indigo Blue for the hull, added a clean white pinstripe along with a new boat name and registration number to complete the look. Check out the before and after video to see the results of this great project! Boat: 26ft Yacht Project: Vinyl Hull Wrap in Supreme Indigo Blue with white pinstripe, new boat name and registration Location: White Bay 6 Marine Park, Sydney Want your yacht looking brand new again?

The Innovative Marines Coatings team were busy with another project. This time for a Haines Hunter V16R. We used 3M matte grey on the hull and a new registration decal to complete the look. Check out the progress shots we took along the way, the final outcome is absolutely stunning! Thanks Chris for letting us be a part of this fun project. When it first arrived Making progress... The whole blue section needed to be sanded to get rid of the orange peel in the original paint, and the many stone chips from the towing vehicle. Just about there... Project complete! Do you have a fishing boat that's due for a spruce up? Get in touch with our friendly team today for a quote!

Another project done at Sydney City Marine by the Innovative Marine Coatings team a few years ago. A big thank you to the owners and captains past and present as it was a real privilege being a part of this project. Check out the time lapse video below to see the IMC team apply 3M vinyl wrap on the hull and rails, Pelta now looks sleek! Boat: Pelta Project: Vinyl Hull Wrap in 3M Gloss Black and Satin Black Rails Location: Sydney City Marine All boats are wrapped using 3M Products. Why? Because there has been no other product that we have tried and tested that can compare to their long lasting quality. It helps that it's super easy to apply which means your boat can be out on the water sooner rather than later! Looking to get a quote? Click on the Get Quote button below.

The team at Innovative Marine Coatings have wrapped another Etchells Yacht in a sleek 3M carbon black from the new 2080 vinyl range. The job was completed at Woolwich Dock for her proud owners Graeme, Andrew and Tom. AFTER (with a tester of red pinstripe to see if they liked it) BEFORE 1/2 way there Here is another project the team had the pleasure of doing down at Pittwater Marine. Boat: Etchell Yacht Project: Vinyl Hull Wrap in 3M 1080 Gloss Blue Do you have an Etchells yacht that needs to be wrapped?

The Innovative Marine Coatings team recently wrapped a Riviera 3600 in 3M Brushed Metal Titanium for a customer at The Quays Service in Pittwater, Sydney.

It may be old, but it is one of the most solid, well made and kept ski boats I have seen. Now with the extra fittings and press-studs removed and holes filled and fared, damage repaired on the front, flaking paint sanded back, and a 3M Satin Flip Pearlescent White and Vampire Red vinyl wrap, she is all ready to go. You may have noticed the windscreen didn’t go back on as the owner wanted wanted to get new screens. Also upgraded the cleats to new shiny stainless ones for the customer in the process. BEFORE AFTER

Marine painting has been the conventional boat coating method for many years now. It’s a decent long-term solution, but it might be time to consider vinyl wraps in certain applications. “Boat wraps allow you to decorate the vessel by customising its colours and patterns. They usually last for 3 to 5 years, and even longer particularly on vertical surfaces, such as the boat’s hull. The lifespan of a boat wrap depends on various factors, including quality of the wrap, installation, level of exposure, and maintenance.”, shares Alister Clare, investment consultant at Credit Capital and a boating enthusiast. Since the 2000s, vinyl wraps have become a strong competitor of marine painting. You can print almost anything on the vinyl---names, logos, intricate drawings, etc. 1. Gives Your Boat a New Appearance Boats are expensive. So, most of us can’t simply buy a new one once we are tired of the current vessel we have. A vinyl wrap can completely transform a boat’s appearance at only a fraction of marine painting cost. Whether for personal or commercial applications—the aesthetic details are entirely up to you. Your boat will look like brand new after vinyl installation. 2. Provides Protection from Elements Boats undergo standard durability tests before they’re put on the market. This is why you are promised years of enjoyment when you purchase a vessel from a legitimate boat manufacturer . However, just like any other object, boat surfaces will become damaged or faded due to elemental exposure. Although there are excellent paint jobs, they still require maintenance. A professionally-installed vinyl wrap can provide better protection and minimal repair. 3. More Options in Design and Colours The result of conventional marine painting largely depends on the artist. Not to mention, a custom paint job can cost you a fortune. Vinyl wraps can be printed with eye-catching graphics with luminous colours. You can choose between matte, metallic, and texture finishes. Any graphics can be reproduced on vinyl wraps , which means that the only limit is your imagination. 4. Easy to Install and Remove It takes only a few days to install a vinyl wrap, depending on the size of your boat. This means that when you change coating, your boating routine won’t be significantly affected. Unlike paint jobs, there’s no need for drying time in between coats. A vinyl boat wrap is also easier to remove. With enough care, the removal process won’t damage the surface underneath. This means vinyl coating ideal for advertising, corporate branding, and sponsorships . Or if you want to update the boat’s look regularly. 5. Easy to Clean and Repair Custom vinyl wraps have minimal maintenance requirements. Experts recommend hand-washing them with a gentle cleaner (e.g., dishwashing detergent) mixed with water. Avoid any harsh chemicals to preserve the luminosity. It is also discouraged to use pressure washers as these could pull up the edges. If vinyl gets damaged, the installer can simply cut out the damaged part and apply a patch. Innovative Marine Coatings is Australia’s premiere installer of exterior and interior vinyl boats wraps. We design, print, and install custom vinyl on water vessels to enhance protection and aesthetics. Contact us now to transform your boat! Article written by Jasper Cooper

One thing we often get asked to do is registration numbers that are not up to the standard that RMS requires in New South Wales, so we thought we would do a quick post explaining what is and isn't allowed so you don't get in trouble on the water. The NSW RMS requirements are as follows: SIZE: The registration numbers need to be 150mm high if they are on a power boat, or can be 100mm high if they are on a sail boat or jet-ski LOCATION : For a yacht the number can be on the transom (stern, back). For a power boat they need to be placed either s ide. Note, it doesn't say at the bow, so you can put them really wherever you want as long as they are visable. So they can be either side of the cabin, or either side on the stern. FONT: The font has a couple of requirements and this is what often is misunderstood. The font can't be just outlines of the letters. Yes, there are many boats with these, but that doesn't mean they meet the requirements. The font also need to be something clearly readable. Script fonts and complex handwritten or funky fonts are often then not very suitable. Remember, a registration number is like a number plate on a car, it needs to be clearly legible. The letters all need to be in an upper case. Quite often customers want the "N" at the end of the NSW boat registations to be made 1/2 the size of the rest of the letters, especially in the case of a custom registration number. This technically isn't legal as the letters need to be 150mm high as per above details on sizing. COLOUR: Last but not least, the colour needs to be contrasting the vinyl wrap we put on your boat, or the paint/gelcoat in the section the decal is going over. For example, white or silver on a dark blue wrap, or dark blue or black on a light coloured wrap. The exact wording and link to the RMS website with the requirements:  Registration numbers Registered vessels are assigned a registration number. This number must be displayed at all times on both sides of the hull, in figures at least 150mm high (100mm for Personal Watercraft (PWC) and sailing vessels). Sailing vessels may display their registration number on the transom. The registration numbers must be displayed in a contrasting colour to the hull, in solid characters (not outlines), in a clear font or style and in upper case, so that they can be clearly identified. Hopefully you found this helpful! If you have questions or want us to do you up a custom registration number design, please contact us !

How to make your new Beneteau Gran Turismo 40 look unique? Already a great looking boat, these two customers decided to up the stakes a bit with a custom vinyl wrap to their new pride and joy. Soon after import, the hulls were vinyl wrapped by the Innovative Marine Coatings team using high-grade wrap vinyl by 3M . The first Gran Turismo was done at Sydney City Marine in Rozelle, Sydney using the 3M GP281 Gloss Flip Psychedelic. This was quite a statement and very much an individual choice, but the outcome was magnificent. The flip vinyls change colour as the angle of the light changes off the surface, giving the boat a multicolored rainbow look...just what the owners wanted as they had named the boat after the family pet dog who had sadly just passed over the "Rainbow Bridge". VIDEO: GRAN TURISMO 40 BENETEAU VINYL HULL WRAP IN 3M GP281 GLOSS FLIP PSYCHEDELIC The next Gran Turismo, also brand new, was wrapped in a black carbon fibre look material also from 3M, the CFS12 Carbon Fiber Black. Why do we use 3M, we wrote an article about exactly that here: Why we use 3M vinyl wrap for boats VINYL BOAT WRAP - GRAN TURISMO 40 in 3M CFS12 CARBON FIBER BLACK Have a boat that you would like to have wrapped? GET A BOAT WRAP QUOTE HERE

This one has taken awhile to make it's way to our new blog on the vinyl hull wrap projects the Innovative Marine Coatings team has completed. We wrapped this Princess 65 for Barrie in a pretty neat colour from 3M, Gloss Sterling Silver. This is a video of the wrap being done at White Bay 6 (Sydney Harbour Boat Storage) in Rozelle, Sydney.

This week the Innovative Marine Coatings team has been busy at Marmong Point Marina on the central coast north of Sydney below Newcastle. A well looked after Riviera 44 was the subject. While the hull had been painted a few years ago, it was ready for protection and a refresh. For the colour, the customer chose 3M Gloss Fire Blue, which turned out brilliantly making the boat really pop and look like a much more modern vessel.

Our team has been involved in the refurbishment using vinyl wraps on the inside of luxury vessels such as Sunseekers and other brands which has given the customer a huge choice of colour options to update the boat, and saved them a horrendous sum of money vs the traditional method of repair to boot. VARNISH GONE MILKY WHITE IN PATCHES Who knows the exact reason why some clear coat (varnish) goes milky over time. Some believe it is moisture, some believe it is UV exposure, but in our experience it has been unlikely to be either as we have seen wood veneered doors deep in vessels cabins that are affected one side of the room, but not on the other. If it was moisture, surely all would be affected. If it was UV, surely the backs of doors in the deepest darkest crew cabins would not be affected, and yet they are. WOOD CHANGED COLOUR, GENERALLY LIGHTER Some of the original timber surfaces have generally changed colour in the upper parts of the cabin where sun exposure has affected the timber and varnish causing it genera lly become lighter, and now no longer matching other areas of wood surrounding including a mis-match of colour from the front of the door versus the back of cupboard doors. CRACKING OF CLEAR COAT AND WATER DAMAGE Of course there is also the possibility of discolouration due to water damaged from leaking windows and hatches. Sometimes this will lead to the water swelling under the clear coat and then the clear coat will lift and crack, separating from the surface of the timber. THE PROBLEM While not a serious sea-worthiness problem, it unfortunately drags down the appearance and therefore value of a vessel if the interior wood is obviously discoloured, patchy, water damaged or cracked. The real problem is the huge task of correcting the issue the traditional way with sanding and re-painting. Many of the items have been permanently fixed inside the vessel and significant damaged would incur if they were forcibly removed. Items such as doors are easily removed, however, as one customer recently showed me on a door his friend had attempted to repair, one too many passes with the sander and the thin veneer will be compromised and the substrate starts to show through. The problem of then somehow sanding evenly and then painting in-situ of the items that cannot be removed then spray painting is very problematic and time consuming. THE SOLUTION, OR AT LEAST A VERY GOOD OPTION The IMC team has done several luxury vessels where we have offered and installed a solution by using the LG Hausys brand of architectural films that we import to Australia (website www.uniquevinyl.com.au ), 3M DINOC vinyl, or Vvivid architectural vinyl. How does this work? One of the films is selected to suit the look the owners are after, either trying to pick something close to the original, or by selecting a totally different look. Again, our product website www.uniquevinyl.com.au has a very good shop section showing the different vinyl finishes, however, nothing is as good as a real sample of the product which can be seen in a site meeting with us, or by ordering a product sample off the Unique Vinyl website. Installation time can then vary depending on the size and complexity of the project, but the team will try to minimise the impact to you, and if requested we can make sure to work into your time schedule so your use of the vessel is not impacted. Call or message us today if you have issues with your boat interior woods, or simply want to change the look and modernise the boat you love.

PROJECT DETAILS BOAT MAKE / MODEL Noosa Cat 2400 (24ft) LOCATION Sydney EXISTING SUBSTRATE Brand new vessel and gelcoat over fibreglass from the factory PREVIOUS COLOUR Gloss white gelcoat FILM MANUFACTURER 3M VINYL WRAP COLOUR(S) Gloss Intense Blue - 1080 G47 with an additional gloss over-laminate applied in the workshop to provide extra depth, gloss and ease of cleaning. Gloss Black G12 Gloss Sterling Silver G251 TIME TAKEN 1 day

PROJECT DETAILS BOAT MAKE / MODEL Easy 40 LOCATION Killcare Marine, Brisbane Waters EXISTING SUBSTRATE Failing paint - was sanded, filled and faired by shipwrights prior to wrapping PREVIOUS COLOUR Chalky white paint FILM MANUFACTURER 3M VINYL WRAP COLOUR(S) Gloss White - G10 Custom grey pinstripes and decals in dark grey TIME TAKEN 1 long day

Are you looking for a really long-term, durable option for your signage? One that is as durable as paint? Easy, let us make a paint mask for you. HOW DOES A PAINT MASK WORK? A paint mask is an inverse of a normal sign, cut out of a special paint mask material that is quite easy to apply. We run this mask material through our cutting machine, which cuts your specific artwork out beautifully and accurately. This mask is then taken out, and the actual artwork is pulled out. Yes, that is right, we pull it out! The mask around the outside of your artwork is left behind, as this now becomes your paint mask. WANT US TO INSTALL, OR YOU WANT TO DO IT? You can choose now if you want to install the paint mask, or if you want one of our professionals to install it for you. If you choose for us to install, just ask and we can arrange this. If you want to do it, here are some instructions below, and we are only a phone call away as well. HOW TO USE A PAINT MASK How do you apply this without it falling apart? That is easy, because what we do next to your mask is apply what is called "app tape", short for application tape over the top. This is a paper sheet with a rubber style adhesive which is meant to hold pieces of the mask in place. STEP 1 - REMOVE THE BACKING PAPER AND APPLY Now careful, before you jump in and pull off 10 meters of backing paper, you need to do this in stages. Best for the bigger ones especially to do this in around 200-400mm sections, keeping the mask tight and just held off the surface, and squeegee it on slowly working from the middle out to the edged. STEP 2 - REMOVE THE TOP APP TAPE This is the top layer of paper stuck over the paint mask. This is fairly easy to remove if you have squeegeed the mask on well in step 1. Pull it off at 180 degrees (laid flat against the surface and pull it the opposite way), not 90 degrees (at right angles to your surface) if you can avoid it, as this helps you not pull bits of the paint mask off. If parts do start to come off, don't panic, just push that section down, squeegee on, and then start pulling the app tape off again. STEP 3 - PAINT, THEN REMOVE THE MASK Now, you spray or roll your paint on, then remove the mask. When is the best time to do this depends on you. We have had good success at doing this before the paint has completely dried and is around 1/2 dry. This will depend on the paint type etc. Got questions? Call us, chat, or email from our contact page.

PROJECT DETAILS BOAT MAKE / MODEL Custom Aluminium Build LOCATION Sydney EXISTING SUBSTRATE Aluminum. It was polished to a mirror finish about 1-2 years before and waxed but the saltwater had taken the shine away fairly quickly. The owner was looking for something that would look better long-term. PREVIOUS COLOUR Silver - polished to chrome look FILM MANUFACTURER 3M VINYL WRAP COLOUR(S) Brushed Titanium 1080-BR230 TIME TAKEN 1 day

This week, despite the conditions, the IMC team transformed a 29ft Hydra Sports at Sylvania Marina, Sydney. Watch the above video for some quick before/after photos

Passenger Ferry Radar with traditional Pacific Island Women artwork "Haiveta" Originally built at the current Noakes Sydney yard and launched in 1947, Radar has just undergone a massive refit at Noakes ( http://noakes.net.au/north-sydney.html ) Noakes contacted Innovative Marine Coatings to collaborate with the designer, BE Collective Culture ( https://becollectiveculture.com) to print and implement their design onto the hull and superstructure. Pasifika women’s markings curated by Grace Dlabik for BE with young women artists from Oceanic. Markings have been a collaborative body of work with tattoo artists and illustrators. A powerful reclamation of culture, heritage, and identity. Sean Langman, the owner, elected for all the artwork on the hull to be painted on, requiring all of this to be created with paint masks cut on our vinyl cutter and applied prior to that color of paint being sprayed, then the mask removed. Much of the artwork on the superstructure was too detailed to do with cut vinyl, and was therefore printed on our Mimaki UV printer then applied onto the surface. Some of the larger black designs were cut out of a matte black vinyl then transferred onto the pre-painted surface. The vessel will now be running passengers for Biennale Sydney ( https://www.biennaleofsydney.art ) run by Rosman Ferries (https://www.rosman.com.au ) , after which she will return into the Rosman Ferry fleet as a charter vessel. This section of artwork on the top deck was freehand painted by the artists!