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Thanks Memaquay. Sounds simple, or at least straightforward. Boy, coming back from river yesterday I felt like sky had collapsed. Now, thanks to this forum and you folks, I feel scratches and repairs are all part of the process. It's good to be here guys, I am grateful.

Thanks Jim. Your comment has gotten me pondering deeper questions on the pursuit of appearance than I wanted to wonder about myself. I might say I would like to repair this canoe to new as best I can, but that perhaps a painstakingly repaired scratch does look better than no scratches at all...

Turns out my canoe doesn't have gel coat it simply has resin. I got a few kits from Northstar's 'Repair' page. One is "Composite Repair Kit." It's description says it is for: "damage to the interior of your composite canoe that shows as white lines or fractures..." I guess that's the white...

and the way it happened was a rock.

Not sure yet how to insert in row, so... Here is a close up of the worse one, in the garage. Good idea to wonder what it looks like from inside. Awful. And an overall view of the bottom. Most of these on the bottom I am not super worried about for moment but will want to fix eventually.

Yeah, Alan, I am getting the 'let battle scars be' idea. I left river super depressed, but after reading a few posts here I am a bit more OK w the scratches... it had. Not these new ones. Yes I am a perfectionist. I want my boats beautiful. I go on the water to work with it, not bang into...

How do I know if I need to repair the epoxy, or just the gel coat? I am new-to-sport, have a new-to-me 2015 Northstar ADK-LT that had 8-10 scratches when I bought it a month ago, now has 30+. One of the new-today scratches has fuzzed Kevlar for 8 of it's 24in. That one I am sure requires...