[HatTrick]

Thanks for all your replies. I bought the boat 4 years ago and have trailered it ever since. Now the bottom paint that came with the boat is in bad shape and looks awful. I don't want to try and grind it all off so I am going to paint it with something so it looks good, but probably not a regular ablative paint. I removed the paint that was on the sides of the boat last year so I can now reposition the waterline where I want to. I will put her in the water to see how she sits,mark the boat to meet the waterline and "sweep" it forward. Thanks again for all your comments.