Thinking of getting into a project boat and am trying to see how much I'll be into it before I pull the trigger on getting it.
I don't know if colors affect cost but I love the look of older boats that have been painted/ regelled all white and I think that'll be the direction I'd like to go.

Whats the range for a no frills quality paint job? How similar is painting a boat to a car? I'm new at the boat thing and am open to all input. Any info you guys can give to a newb?

$6-12K.

Lot harder to paint a boat than a car. If it hasn't been wrecked you might be able to bring it back with a wetsand.

Pretty good general rule of refurbish cost is 100%+ of the purchase price if its in average condition.

Thanks for the info. Got a email from the guy who has it now and he told me it has a crack on one of the chines. Additionally the previous owner cut out the roof to the cuddy to make it an open bow.... lol im waiting on pictures.

Run Forrest RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!

by all means---get the heck out of there.

a 28 open bow cig, homemade! Sounds like you got your work cut out for ya!.

If your new at the boating thing you need to go to www.yachtsurvey.com and read some of his online articles, especially the one about buying a project. It will save you a lot of time and effort.

No pictures yet. Pretty sure I'll skip on this one. Gotta love craigslist LOL. You guys rock. Some forums are absolutely dead but you guys are on it. Thanks for all the replies and the link. I'll read up on yaught survey tonight after work.

As others said, run as fast as you can! On a side note, when he does send pics please post them on here. I'd love to see this mess!!!

Just to give you an idea of what replacing the gelcoat actually cost, it was about $10K for my 13ft boston whaler