Fiberglass Hull Repair

[AbiP]

Hi, I am new to fiberglass repairing and would love some advice.
I was given a fiberglass rowing boat with a badly cracked/missing in places gel coat (with fiberglass strands showing). Would the best approach be to sand the old gel coat off entirely and replace with a new one, or to fill in the cracks and missing parts then repaint with another gel coat/paint in the colour I wanted.
Many Thanks in advance.

 

[Scott Danforth]

First, welcome aboard

then at the top of the forum are some "stickies" threads that are permanently "stuck" to the top.

4th sticky down, go thru links 14, 15, 18, 2, 3, 4a, and 4b in their entirety.