Welcome up Bill!!! Great group of guys here- just make sure you have a theory about something,lol. On your finish, I just finished (pun not intended) doing my hull this past weekend. I used collonite 920 fiberglass cleaner then 2 coats of collonites 885 fleet wax. i wanted to go back with starbrite pfte polish but ran out of time. anyways heres a picture that doesnt do it justice but for a 28 year old gelcoat still looks pretty good, (as long as you dont look too close (lots of "battle scars!") good luck, looking forward to pix and again welcome to the board. also you can go to beastboatcare.com to read good info and order finish supplies (where i got mine) see ya-craig