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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ccm" data-source="post: 356804" data-attributes="member: 13447"><p>Paint has 1 real advantage ( besides making a boat look good ) It protects the hull from wear. I've seen hulls that have been worn thin through years of beaching & dragging it over gravel shoals. Over time the layers of paint are taken off from such activities and eventually layers of aluminum. My buddy had a late 50's era Lone Star 14ft v hull. It had been through such activities in its life by the time my buddy had gotten it; it already had a very thin hull. On my first trip in it with him we bumped the edge of ramp and it opened up a hole the size of a nickel in the bow. At first it wasn't noticeable but halfway up the creek we had to find a place to pull it ashore or sink. The boat was eventually scrapped because he couldn't find a buyer that couldn't get past the thin hull. So I say paint away if you want your boat to last.</p></blockquote><p></p>