Refinishing: Who has tried a shortcut?

Brian Case wrote:

We have a Pegasus here that was resprayed over the old gel coat. I
don't know much about how it was done as it was not done locally. What
I can tell you is that nearly every single one of the old cracks in
the gelcoat are now showing through the new finish.

Do you know what was used for the new finish? Is it gel-coat or 2 part
polyurathane paint? If it is paint, what kind of primer went on underneath
it?

Ian