Wild Wraps

John Evans and Luke Riley of Racepaint/ Fleeting Image in Queensland, Australia designed and applied this colorful wrap on an American-built 39 MTI boat. The design process began with color roughs drawn with felt markers on paper, using their logo as a spin off point. John prefers to use an asymmetric design for this type of application as it gives an interesting perspective from all angles. The images were then transferred to the printer through Adobe Illustrator and the Wasatch RIP program. To correctly engineer the wrap for the 39 MTI’s specific dimensions, John and Luke worked from a two-meter model of the boat. The two men applied the wrap in three days on site in Southport, Queensland. The wrap used approximately 50 meters of Avery vinyl and overlaminate, and was all edge sealed on completion to withstand pounding waves and speeds of up to 130 mph. The boat had a few sea trials and finished third in a race at Red-cliffs in Queensland. Standing up to the rigors of racing without any damage, the highly durable wrap came through with flying colors