Well I bought this flat bottom skiff about 2 years ago. It's called a Stoner Skiff. No the builder isn't a pothead, his last name is Stoner. Haha. Anyways they aren't fancy but are built locally since the 70's I believe. Popular work and fishing boats. This one was and is in bad shape when I bought it. Guy was asking 3000 and claiming it was water ready when I went to look at it. It's 16ft and a 1988 model. By the time is assessed that the deck had many soft spots, couple small holes in the gel coat bottom, saw the stringers were rotted through the inspection hatch by the transom, noticed that the transom had been redone in a questionable manner and the battery was dead so couldn't start the motor to see if it ran. I basically told him I couldn't even make him an offer because I didn't want to insult him if he really thought his boat in its current state was worth 3000. He asked me to explain, so I told him everything I see wrong with as previously stated and his response was to make him an offer. I told him if he wanted it gone I would give him 200, take it home and spend countless hours and a few grand in rebuilding it by my guesstimate. lol. He agreed!! And I reluctantly brought home this turd. Thing is these boats are fairly sought after where I live and have a reputation for being work horses. I like them myself. So I thought if I can get it back on the water for a few grand I could either keep it and have basically a brand new boat or sell it for a little profit. I have a basic understanding of what it takes and the process involved to rebuild it but I hope even though I'm new to this forum that y'all can help me along the way. I have spent the last two years researching the correct ways to approach this plan I have and to execute it correctly and to hopefully have a better than when it was originally built boat as the outcome. My son is 17 and been ready for me to get this done for over a year now. I guess he thinks this will be his. Haha
