OK, I posted this over on rec.boats, but there's to much politi-bs to
wade through, event though some people will give me some good advice.

I have a 1977 Marquis 23 ft'r which I'm wanting to sound out to make a
good river cruise this late summer/early fall, and I'm asking all
kinds of questions about GPS, radios charts etc. but that's beside the
point.

So here's my question to those experienced in hull and fiberglass
repair:

OK, in my never ending quest for info, I thought I'd look at my big
boat's hull. I haven't' found any blisters, but the hull has had
something repaired on it in times past like to cover a gouge, or hard
nicks. Nothing big, but some type of a tanish-colored 'epoxy repair'
which has been applied to a couple spots on the port side, which are
anywhere from the size of your thumb print to no larger than a
"Kennedy half".

I've tapped around on the hull from about bow to stern and all sounds
solid with no dead thuds and nothing spongy. So I feel the integrity
of the fiberglass is in good shape.

I looked down the keel of the hull from the bow, and there have been
several nicks that though seem to be on the surface, I feel they need
to have some attention payed to them . I didn't see any sign of
fiberglass core actually showing through, however there were some
nicks that
have gone deep enough to look like they've gone through the gell coat,
to the green underlying fiberglass resin.

I don't think that the boat has been abused, but sometimes hitting a
good stick can cause such nicks, but this looks like it's tapped
against some hard heavy rocks like what you might find lining a dock
loading ramp or at a spill way.

I don't think that water has infiltrated the fiberglass or at least
nothing to cause blistering, but I am concerned a bit about it, that
it needs some repair.

One guy who likes to think with his mouth and not his mind looked at
the nicks and suggested that I dab some fingernail polish on it.

For pete's sake

I know there's lots of fiberglass repair products out there but seeing
I don't know much about it, I'd like somebody to recommend to me the
choicest products and repair procedures. I don't know much about it,
but am willing to try.

Thanks for the consideration.

Tim