[WillyC]

If the boat just has one light coating of bottom paint I think I would try a stripper first before paying several hundred dollars to get it blasted. I used a product called Aquastrip that claims to remove bottom paint and topside paints. I didn't try it on the bottom paint as I had already sanded it off but it worked very very good on the topside paint. Might be worth a try before shelling out the big bucks.