WOG - Deck will be good - due to the design I can see the plywood edges almost everywhere, stringers most likely good when I drilled for the trim tab pump and clips for the hydraulics got good wood as well.
I picked it up, working but trashed, for a grand so expected some issues - however there had been work done on the transom already. You could see where they had cut out and reglassed/finished. Also when I put on the trim tabs, I got nice clean wood down low - and some water but figured it would last a year or so until I had the engine/bell housing pulled and resealed. I was pretty happy as until that point was not sure. But when I drilled out for the kicker bracket higher up got sawdust and flex. Only thing I can think of is when they did the previous work they only replaced the bottom half? Just really odd.
jigngrub - not planning to put at a shop now, since the lower half around the motor seems to be good I'm going to wait until time to winterize and have them do it. They just charge per hour and have used them on other, smaller stuff but the owner/manager is a perfectionist so I'm confident in the quality just need to mentally prepare myself for the cost. I was thinking in the $4-5k range. Hope it's less but $4k is 61 hours of work and that's what I'm thinking it might take. Plus I have a small oil leak underneath so I'll have them do a bunch of gasket work while it's out. And electronic ignition. And plugs/wires. And I'm sure other stuff.
But this, barring a complete engine failure, is going to make it a brand new boat pretty much so at total of around $20k I've got a $100k worth of a new boat.
