I found this online Rich
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9w1GHVzqC0 a stripper from Petit...
Getting all the paint off is a huge commitment of time and money... As D mentioned above, the bottom may have been sanded and if so restoring the gel coat to a luster could be and issue... If the boat was barrior coated before being painted, it's my undestanding that paint stippers wil not remove the barrior coating , only soda blasting will do this and that's not a cheap option either.
Hope this helps you.
