Don’t you just love computers!!! ….    I have just typed a reply,  and lost the lot during the final stages of typing!

Short answer,  for your particular situation and boat;   I suggest that you consider Toplac,  by International Paints.    The equivalent conventional paint by Epifanes or Hempel/Blakes may well be equally good,  but I have no first-hand experience of them,  whereas I do have first-hand experience of Toplac,  and it is very readily available from most larger marine chandlers and also a fair proportion of smaller ones.   I have used it with outstanding success on a Series 1 (i.e. wooden) GP14,  and a friend has used it with similar success on the restoration of a Mk 2 (i.e. GRP) GP14.

If you intend stripping and repainting anyway there in no need to obtain an exact match of colour;   this is the time to consider whether you wish to stay with (approximately) the same colour or alternatively change the colour scheme.

Avoid two-pot paints;   marvellous though they are,  you <span style=”text-decoration: underline;”>must not</span> apply them on top of existing one-pot finishes.    So unless you know <span style=”text-decoration: underline;”>beyond doubt</span> that your existing paint is two-pot,  which is unlikely in the circumstances,  you can’t safely use two-pot paints unless you are prepared to remove every last bit of the existing paint.

One-pot polyurethanes do exist,  and indeed are made by the major yacht paint manufacturers,  but back in the sixties and seventies I tried them and was disappointed.   I have not tried them since,  but my reading of International Paints’ own website  –  and they make the stuff  –  tends only to reinforce my opinion (or bigotry,  call it what you will) that they are an unfortunate half-way house;    they do not offer the spectacular durability and gloss and hardness of two-pot products,  not the flexibility and gloss of the best conventional paints.

Oliver