Standard (normal) colors of boat lines?

[NorthernMac]

Meh, go on yacht trader, I’d say there are some more common than not colors.

Lots of blue and white etc

[Goodall_M1]

I once picked up a brand new Benetau 38 to help deliver it from Marseilles to Corfu. It was straight out of the factory and commissioned by them in Port Napoleon.

Every single piece of rope (sheets, halyards, vang, outhaul, furling lines..) was the same colour, GREY.

One of the first thing that the new owner did when we got it to Corfu was to replace everything with their charter company's standard colours.

Look in the locker on one of their new Benetau's for a spare line and it will be grey!

[Montanan]

Originally Posted by Goodall_M1

I once picked up a brand new Benetau 38 to help deliver it from Marseilles to Corfu. It was straight out of the factory and commissioned by them in Port Napoleon.

Every single piece of rope (sheets, halyards, vang, outhaul, furling lines..) was the same colour, GREY.

One of the first thing that the new owner did when we got it to Corfu was to replace everything with their charter company's standard colours.

Look in the locker on one of their new Benetau's for a spare line and it will be grey!

There be Fifty Shades of Grey; one for each rope's unique intended purpose.

[slug]

Originally Posted by BozSail

Is there a "standard" color scheme for the colors of normally used lines on a sailboat? e.g. color of line normally used for a spinnaker sheet?

No

Black lines Are The most long lasting ...uv resistant

Color tags can be whipping on the ends and full hoist marks

Red seem to be the preferred color for main boom preventor

[barnakiel]

Originally Posted by TrentePieds

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Colour has nothing to do with that. You gotta have lodged indelibly in your mind that the "third clutch in from starboard" is the kicker strap - or whatever the case may be.


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Indeed I trust this is the case with people who sail a lot, and stay in port not as much as others.


Blind me on any passage, I will tell you which line is where, which clutch does what.


Seeing, not just color, stops being important (this applies as much to e.g. tying any knot, operating the el. panel, starting engine, etc. etc. etc.)


But I think this is not the case of weekend sailors that live on land and use the boat for shorter outings, charterers, nor to people who sail by motoring (of which type there are armies).


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[a64pilot]

Initially I tried to make some kind of sense with color, but now I buy the role that’s on sale.