Have been reading, listening and learning on this site for the past year or so. Last March I bought a 20 SF that needed a fair amount of cosmetic work but appeared to be structurally sound . . .or so i thought until i removed the thru-hulls on the transom. Long story short, the transon has been replaced, lots of glass work completed and the boat is at the painters. Put hundreds of hours in repair, sanding and fairing in the prep phase but there were still lots of pinholes that were going to pop once the primer was applied. The intitial plan was to pay a pinter to prime, complete final fairing and paint the deck and cockpit but not do the hull. The first estime was 4500 using Imron. Took it to a second guy . . .he wanted 7800. On a lark, took it to Atlantic Yacht Basin, a high end yard in the area. They quoted me 4500 for the deck/interior with nonskid. After talking with the yard manager for a while, he said he would do the hull (to the water line) for another 500. The only catch was they wanted to work it in between jobs. Thought it over for about 1 minute . . the whole boat is getting painted!
They used Alwcraft 2000 and have done a beautiful job. I was really impressed with their attention to detail across the board and especially with the nonskid.
So, to answer your question, in Virginia Beach during the winter when it was really slow at the yard, 5K got an excellent paint job.
Doug
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