Color of Hobie 16

Hey there,
I would like to repair my Hobie Cat 16. I sanded it and on some spots I'm down to the fibreglass, now I want to put on new gel coat. Can someone tell me how to find out the exactly color of the boat? It's a yellow Hobie from the 80s.

You are going to have to get a color kit and color match as the color has changed through the years. Start out with a wet color slightly darker than the boat as it will lighten as it cures. You may also have to do multiple layers of gel coat. Where is the damaged section? How thick do you need to have the application? All things to consider. Just did a bottom job on my '83 white boat so did not have to do the color match thing. Came out great!

A company called fibreglast out of Ohio sells a wide variety of colored gelcoats. They rent a couple of color charts with hundreds of colors. Price of gelcoat is reasonable and can be purchased online.
It seems that it's about the only way to match up colors on Hobies. I use the duratech gloss to thin and then spray the gelcoat. With duratech you can get by without adding wax or you can put wax in the top coat. Of course wax is extra. It all depends on how much of the hull you will be doing. I've been changing the hull color on some white boats leaving the decks white.

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JKK
83 yellow/ white decks Hobie 14 Corando turbo
82 yellow hulls Hobie 16 Cat Fever
84 yellow hulls hobie 16 Yellow Nationals
plus a few extras that I'm restoring