Thanks for the encouragement. I'm going to need it. We got this boat pulled out of it's mud hole yesterday and it wasn't until after I posted this message it finally stopped raining enough here to get out and take a good look at the boat.
Looks like I'm looking at a transom rebuild. Cap is about 20% off and any wood I can see is delamed. Plus I'm getting differenent echos when I tap it w/ my special screwdriver....
The wife will kill me for sure now. You see we've also got a Choey Lee 41 cruising sailboat boat that we picked up after it was flooded in Hurricane Ike that's not back together yet. I'm starting to pay for more in storage for boats that I can't use....
Oh well, she wants a powerboat to ski behind and tool around the bay so she'll probably be more interested in this one getting done quicker.