Well, I bought it :D! Had to buy a brand new trailer to get it out of the original owners backyard and into my driveway. Nice trailer - 5starr by loadrite. Tandem, 5400 GVWR , torsion suspension, NOT STAINLESS ROTORS on disc brakes - good price 499 bucks less than the loadrite for essentially the same trailer.

About the boat, Macojoe, I figured the raised cockpit floor was to allow for additional flotation. It also seems to be to provide more vertical drop for the cockpit drains that exit to the side. Gotta admit I am not crazy about that, I am used to scuppers large enuff to wash an oyster shell straight out the transom. I will be adding a big bilge pump just for the floor - self bailing or not :o.

First thing I do is change the thru hull fitting for the live well - saltwater pickup.

Next I switch some of the state of the art electronics from my current rig. Also gonna swap the fuel filter.

Gotta get a mounting bracket for the 9.9 Evinrude that I have hanging on the transom of my tin craft.

Boat is too nice to sit under the monster oak tree without some kind of cover. I will probalbly build some kind of pvc frame carport deal.

I wish I could remember where I layed down my superman x-ray glasses because I would really like to see what is inside that molded transom. Chumbucket, I sure hope you are right, that I will have a long wait for a good reason to go inside there ;)

Macojoe, you are right the brochure says hull weight is 2300 pounds. I wonder what the extra 380 pounds is?

It is good to know I have a stainless shift rod.

I would love to post some pics, but I am a digitally challenged dinosaur.

Good, safe holiday weekend to all. Summer starts on Tuesday 8).