We waited for a perfect day where the ambient temperature was above 10c, with thick ice still on the lake to work on. When the conditions were right, we snapped into action to take advantage of the warm weather and repaint the hull in fresh bottom paint and marine white.
Next was a fresh (and very reflective!) coat of white paint
Next step was to refinish the transom, including the faded letters, which I recovered in gold flake acrylic paint