I'm taking all this info in and thank you.
I can confirm the floor is plywood, is that normal for this make / model boat? Or was it fiberglass originally replaced by wood?
If I'm reading some of this correctly, IF i where to decide to dispose of this, I would have to cut the hull up and pay to dump it?
first and foremost, based on the pictures and the registration sticker, the wood was added over the floor some time in the early 2000's. that is called a "deck over" it is the boating equivalent of duct tape, the Sunday news paper and 50# of bondo smeared into a rusty car then rattle-can'd to make it look less rusty....... its still crap, its still rusty, however now "looks" better.
no fiberglass boat ever had wood bracing or dimensional lumber or plywood on top of the cockpit sole from the factory......ever.
that means the boat was neglected all its life and the floor rotted out long before 2004 (last registration). my guess the boat either sunk a few times and was stored outside without a cover, and open to the elements, or stored for years with the plug in and spawned more than 15 years worth of mosquitoes and frogs prior to whom ever gave it to you. remember, the transom and stringers rotted long prior to the floor rotting
the bracing in the ski locker was a recent band-aid because most likely the floor had sunk in and they wanted to give it to you so they didnt have to deal with it.
and yes, you would have to pay to dispose of the hull. you may have to register it in your name first (I am not sure on SC laws)...... as others stated. give it back to whom ever gave it to you.
you can resurrect the boat if you want. however you better get full buy-in by the wife to blow $9-10k and two years of your time neglecting her and the family........ or she will hit you over a head with a frypan and leave you. its called BIDS (Boat-Induced Divorce Syndrome). vary similar to AIDS and CIDS (Aviation-Induced Divorce Syndrome and Car-Induced Divorce Syndrome)
