[quote=tami]I'm gonna differ with everyone in regards paint. I've got two boats, both of which are paint over gelcoat. That's a total of five hulls ;-)
It's ALL about prep, and being related to a paint guy you should know that. Do make sure your surface is super fair and wipe down with acetone to remove any traces of anything possibly oily, like handprints, especially with the two-part Awlgrip type paints, very finicky about surface prep.
It's secondly about painting with good paint. Both of my boats are painted with two-part urethanes. See pics in the album here
http://www.thebeachcats.com/pictures/?g2_itemId=77130
The yelo boat is a two-part industrial polyurethane similar to AwlGrip (it's buoy paint actually, guy who painted it works in the shipyards). The white trimaran IS Awlgrip. Yelo boat was done at least 10 yr ago, and trimaran's paint is about the same age. Good prep, good paint, careful application, paint can be very durable.
BTW Sand off as much gelcoat as you can, saves weight. Gelcoat is heavy. I did the work on the yelo boat myself, and i was surprised at just how much gelcoat they slather on...[/quote]
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