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What is your painting experience? Rolling some walls does not count. If you paint you want to use a two part polyurathane like AwlGrip. Its very expensive. Painting with a single stage "epoxy" such as Easypoxy is more forgiving but will only last a couple of years. You can also regel coat. It takes less skill but alot more labor. From the looks of the pictures and especially the transom picture, I would say the gelcoat can't be restored. It will only look worse, once you install a new console. Those who tell you to sand, polish and wax the existing gelcoat, are probably at the outer limits of their ability. If your going to restore that boat, do it right.