Thanks for sharing your boat cleaning tips, we decided to give the island girl products a go. the boat sure does have one very shiny hull now. it was a real task to apply though, as our boat is in the water and hanging upside down, over the hull sure looked strange but the boat looks great! we'll see how the products stand up to the test of time. we would like to clean our sails now and we are going to inquire about using the island girl pink to do that job. they have a toll free number and also noticed this oday site has a gelcoat and plastics forum hosted by the island girl products owner, which i didn't realize until after posting our original cleaning question. we've had numerous passerbyers comment that when we were through with our boat, they'd bring theirs over to be cleaned and waxed. they really got a kick out of it all, i guess they can tell the newcomers by their sheer enthusiasm at even the most mundane tasks as cleaning their boat!!