It is going to cost about $4,000 and we sanded the hull out to 320 grit before the painters got to it. The $4K works out to about $150 per foot. Larger boats cost more because of the larger surface area per foot of length. As Larry said, most of the job is prep. The paint shop will want to dewax and then sand the hull out. After that what is done depends on how bad the hull is. If it is rough, it will be sprayed with high build primer and then sanded. The next step is to spray it with Awl-Grip 545 primer and then sand it out again. The final step is to spray the top coat