How To Remove a Boat Name

Published on October 12th, 2012

I just had to peel the name off a boat. The letters were made of vinyl. The transom had been baking in tropical sunlight for years. It was a long name—not quite as bad as Gotterdammerung or Supercalifragilistic—but just about, and the letters were big and ornate. It took me about 12 hours over three days– also baking in the tropical sun–to get the job done. And by “peel” I mean “remove in minuscule fragments,” with an occasional victorious pull of an inch or so. Those were moments for celebration. Boats.com Blog » Blog Archive » How To Remove a Boat Name.