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[Yamtt125]

Snookerd... Thank you for the kind words. I also like blue with the dark red bottom paint, but that seems too classy.

Peter, How long ago was your boat painted?
I am very interested to see how the paint holds up on mine, both on the hull and the deck.

The boat would definately look better with the area below the bow unpainted. The only reason I painted mine was because I didn't know were the water line would end up, and on the 20', the area is not as big. But on a 23' it would look very sharp.

The paint was sprayed by my dads cousin who has been in bodywork for 20-30 yrs. I didn't want to even try to attemp doing the sides, but I will be spraying the inside on my own. I'm not too concerned about it because alot of it is not skid and those areas will be rolled with the non skid additive anyways.

For an engine, I've got a 2001 150 rude ficht (i'm a big fan of fichts despite all of the negativity about them)

For trim tabs, I'm not sure if i'm going to put them on immediately. Eventually, I think i'm going to go with lenco's. I'm not sure If I have room for the bennetts.

Andrew