[flyingfrizzle]

Yours being a 76 should be hand laid, and I am aware of what you speak about due to I spent over 40 hours correcting this on my 20' seacraft hull (74). I think that they start with csm and that acts as a barrier to keep the print threw from showing. The thickness of the gel coat may factor into this as well. Your boat may of spent some time indoors. What I mean is when one bakes in the FL sun or any sunny area the gel will deteriorate and chalk up, as it wears away it will leave the print threw show more easily. I remove the seacraft stickers off the side and the gel there was a couple mills thicker and had to be sanded down quite a bit to match the rest of the hull. If the gel coat is as nice as you say it is that's probably why you don't see it yet. Keep it waxed and protected from the sun and have no worries. Some are built slightly better than others and more importantly some are cared for better over the 40 years than others.