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Thanks for the reply Ryan. The Interlux painting guide looks good - I printed it and will study it this weekend. Given the age and condition of the boat, and my lack of experience, I'm leaning toward painting it (after all the prep work of course) and not getting into any gelcoat work. Since some of the paint will be directly on fiberglass, will I need to worry about water intrusion? Fortunately the gelcoat on the hull is mostly in decent shape - it's the interior that has a lot of exposed fibergalss.

I think I might have bit off more than I can chew with this project!