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So, do I need to have anything else looked at for damage while the prop is off. I dont want any potential problems getting worse. On the way back to marina I never noticed any issues. Didn't hear, feel or notice anything that was off.

Well it looks like I will have it addressed before splashing the boat! Thanks for the answers. I do agree that if I was interested in a boat and saw that then I might wonder what they hit. However, on the Chesapeake Bay every boat has hit or bumped something at several points in its life and so...

hey, all. So at the end of last season I bumped something but it was near the end of the season so I didn’t anything about it. Now that spring is here and the boat will soon be back in the water, I was wondering if it is worth pulling the prop to have it refinished. I will be putting it up for...

I like the 3 years between recoating and no sanding needed!

Well I'm putting the boat up for sale any day now and hope to have it sold before next year! Yes it's bad

Thanks for the reply and recommendation!

I will look into that. So it is not an ablative paint then? If so, I just lightly sand previous coats to prepare for the new one at the appropriate time? How many coats can you apply before you have to go back to square one? Also, with ablative it is blatantly obvious when it is time for new...

Here are some pictures of my bottom paints condition.... maybe I’m not so bad off?? Do I really need to have it soda blasted?

I do agree with you there. If I walked up to a boat out of the water and saw what looked to be a bunch of layers of paint and it was all uneven and lumpy from recoating areas flaked off and adding to areas not flaked off and compared it to another boat out of the water with an absolute flawless...

Yeah 5% is probably a pretty accurate percentage of the flaking. It's definitely way less than 10%. I bought it last year and told the broker who I bought it from that I wanted the bottom repainted because it had very little flaking. Well it's flaking off in those exact same areas but even more...

Well I restore old houses so I'm no stranger to lengthy and tedious prep work and painting old plaster walls and trim so I feel up to it. Most marine "professionals" in my area are not very professional at all. I probably will pay to have the hull blasted instead of my sanding though. I've read...

Ideally I'd like for it to sell and upgrade to a 400 da this year or next year at the latest. So I'd prefer to put less money into it than need be which is why I would consider doing it myself.

Thanks for the reply! So I guess it's possible the grey that I see in random spots is a barrier coat? If not do I need a barrier coat? Can I use an orbital sander to get back to square on instead of paying someone to soda blast?

Yeah I was afraid there was not going to be an easy way out so I was prepared to hear I may have to go back to the beginning. I am in construction so I have many orbital sanders and dust extractors so can I use them to sand as much back to the original as possible or do I need to hire a soda...

Nice boat. Always loved tiaras!!

Thanks for the reply. So you are saying regardless of what paint was previously used I can lightly sand and apply a modified ablative?

I bought the boat last year so I don't know anything about previous paint jobs. I assumed I might have to strip the old paint and reapply to avoid the annual frustrations you mentioned.

good evening, all. This is my first offseason with a bigger boat that stays in a wet slip. My boat was hauled out in November and pressure washed and blocked for winter. I’m now ready to get it prepared for its splashing and I have a question about bottom painting as this is new to me. I...

Thanks, I will check it out.

Do most of you remove your batteries and store inside on a trickle charger all winter or do you just disconnect them and leave them in the boat? On my previous small boats and jet skis there were one or two batteries max and so I always stored the batteries inside all winter and then charged...