Thanks for the advice, Commanderpete.

I could borrow a belt sander to sand down at the gouges, but you think I shouldn't do that, right?

I'm planning to repaint her hull entirely - much of the paint is in a pretty sorry state. I kind of like the blue, and being in Chicago I guess most of the time I don't have to worry about her heating up too much. I don't have to match the color exactly, but sticking with blue will maybe make it easier than trying to switch back to white. I'm by no means a good painter like you guys, so I worry that the blue would shine through some...

Anybody with another dark color hull want to comment if they would switch back to white on account of the heatup?