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Originally Posted by awthacker

Took a quick look at the boat today, but didn't make too thorough of an inspection because I was trespassing, lol. (Just knew from the pics where the boat was located and did a drive by). Talked to the owner. The number he will accept definitely will be above $14k, but I guess I'm willing to go higher, if everything checks out with the engine. I'm planning to run it Sunday. I guess I need to arrange to have it checked then, as well. The GPS is broken, so I have to (get to) look into that cost. It's listed on Boat Trader for $18k. Here's some pics of the gel coat blemishes.

That looks like paint damage to me, not gelcoat. Gelcoat is the hard paint like finish that is adhered directly to the fiberglass, and doesn't peel up since it is a resin type material pigmented. I'm guessing somebody used paint on it during the redo instead of gelcoat(very common since gelcoat is anerobic, and will only cure in the absence of air).