Karl, I actually decided to keep it orange but repaint it and take off the plastic stripping on the side, i could tell the boat was originally orange and somewhere down the line someone tried sprucing it up with a new coat, which almost looks as if it is spray paint. As for the other upgrades i think im gonna get a square top sail for it hopefully by next season and then eventually replace the mast so i can run a spinnaker on it, iv heard to many stories of those masts breaking from the soft mast