OK, here's the deal. My never-ending quest to render Houdini the flagship of all surviving Ariels continues apace...and now, what with chromed winches, new standing rigging, new running, awlgripped hull, new canvas, pending minor recore job foreward, etc, etc...I am now contemplating the issure of cabin top and main deck. My initial impulse is to have these surfaces re-gelcoated. I have been disabused of the vision by certain fellow devotees, however, and am now asking what, in your collected wisdom, constitutes the single best solution in refurbishing these surfaces, given the following goals: 1) good durability of the surface in question; 2) excellent "braggin' rights" finish qualityl; 3) work doable by a fastidious amateur. Now, ye luminaries of the brotherhood, hold forth and enlighten this ambitious captain of the noblest of vessels ever to darken the brow of a napping Neptune.