I have a 78 P424 number 26. I have lived on it in the Central Florida area for several years. I took it to Bahamas this winter. I am now back. The only issue I have is with the bow flexing foward of the first bulkhead bellow the floor. They didnt put any support in the hull foward of the front cabin door. The rest of the hull has a ridge along the sides for strength but it stops before the cabin. Mine was patched a long time ago and when I peeled the hull I found the patches. I had them redonebut its caused by fexing along the floor
line. I am planning a fix now. But for now the glass repair is holding. The whole front of Hull flexes and look for stress cracks in the gellcote. I found the original repair had stress cracks under a layer of cloth put on by some yard. I also found polaroids of the repair with an old survey. I couldnt see the patches nder years of old pint and the glass cloth kept new cracks from showing in the
paint.. Other than that the Boat is a dream to sail. I single hand her and only have issues getting into slips and off docks in wind. Had her since Feb 2004