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    Jul 08, 2021 4 minutes

    Brian O’Sullivan

    Yacht: Komokwa

    Length: 41m

    Year: 2009

    Location: Seattle

    You’re wrapping Komokwa’s hull in vinyl, instead of painting it... Yes! We’re doing it for a couple of reasons. Wrapping is a lot less expensive – $60,000 compared to $350,000 for a repaint. It also takes a lot less time, nine days versus four months, which means we won’t miss a season, and lastly wrapping is much more environmentally friendly. You can recycle the vinyl and there’s far fewer chemicals involved

    Very. My biggest concern was that the seams between the sheets of wrap would stand out. In fact you can’t see them from about five

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