[quote=mhirte]Speaking strictly for myself and without regard to the other opinions here. I bought a crappy beat up '83 5.0 a
few years ago for more money than this boat. The skegs looked like yours. I repaired them and learned how to do a bottom job. I demasted first time out and learned you need all new wires when you buy a boat. The demasting caused the 1/2" mast rod to bend so I upgraded to the 50% stronger 9/16" rod. No problems since.
My hulls are full of spider cracks in the gelcoat at the crossbeams which are the type without the straps. I drive the snot out of them and they still look the same. Everything there is flexes under enough load so that is hard to quantify in regard to the hull tops. Mine flex somewhat when I sit on them - so what? The sidestay is an issue I did not have, but this seems repairable.
I'm SO glad I bought my POS boat when I'm zipping along at 20+ and not worrying about burying a hull.
What a great boat.[/quote]
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