Hi All,

I've wanted to me and my family get in to canoeing for a while now (My first
experience was a 30 or so mile charity race a long long time ago).

So I bought a second hand canoe to start out, when I went to pick up the
canoe the seller offered at no cost another two canoes or she was going to
scrap them!

In fact I like the other canoes so much I gave the canoe I bought to a
friend.

I'm pretty sure one is a sea canoe, It's about 14 foot long and at the front
it's more boat shaped that canoe, it's as small 6 loops along the side
behind the seat fixed with webbing and also a compartment for storage. I'm
really hoping it is a sea canoe but it has no rudder and the boat shape to
the front is less pronounced than the modern sea canoes I've looked at. Any
hints to what makes a sea canoe would be most welcome.

The other is a Design Concept (1987) kayak and the owner said it's kevlar
and it does feel different (softer?) and looks more like cloth, but not
knowing what kevlar looks like I don't know.

Both have had a few repairs and seem watertight (filled them up with water)
and seem sound, but look tatty which brings me to my main questions.

1.. The gel on both is scratched all over the place. Is it possible to get
the scratches out of a gel coat?
2.. The Sea canoe (?) colour has faded lot, is there a way to restore the
colour like using t-cut on a car?
3.. Has anyone sprayed a canoe? Is there a flexible spray paint that works
well on canoes?
I hoping to restore them a bit them as they look nice and it would be a
shame not to try. Any tips would be most welcome.

Steve