That's a hoss-shoe coming at you. The Whaler has been used, among other things, as a platform from which to hurl man-overboard devices. That report appeared in the November 2002 issue.

Which topside gloss enamel should you apply to make your aging beauty again glisten in dawn's early light?

Here are the answers, in absolutely the shortest and simplest form possible:

1. If you want your hull white and you prefer an easy-to-use one-part paint, buy Interlux's Toplac.

2. If you want a white hull and are willing to do the work needed with a longer-lasting, two-part urethane, use Interlux's Interthane.

3. If you want a blue hull and prefer the easier one-part urethane, the choice is Epifanes' Mono-Urethane. …