maco, they do make a white bottom paint... i forget who makes it but i thought about white. believe me when i say nothing will hurt me more than slapping paint on this virgin beauty but we are slipped at the very end of a stagnant canal and the fouling is incredible. i have weighed all the feasable options carefully and have come up with only one solution... paint her up and hope one day i can strip her down when im ready to trailer. and the stuff costs $190 a gallon so it must be good.