A boottop is the traditional stripe at a craft’s waterline. It is used to indicate an area between the waterlines of a ship when it is fully loaded and unloaded. On pleasure craft, however, the boottop is mostly decorative and varies in its location. Some boats have a decorative stripe just below their rail. In fact, there is no law that says you cannot paint a stripe up the mast if you wish. A popular way to apply a stripe along a hull today is not to paint it at all, but to do it with tape made for that purpose. Paint manufacturers, however, still make boottop paint and many boat owners still prefer to paint their own stripes.
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