What are you looking to get

90's top gun, bravo rigged or bigger, no power unless it is a killer deal. Tired of re building engines for old boats.

Was it a pre-1998? Starting in 1998, Crownline went with XL marine plywood in all of their boats with a lifetime warranty against rot.

What year Chap? The only wood in my 2004 is supposed to be the stringers and probably the bulkheads. Everything else is composite including the transom. I would hope Chap uses treated marine plywood for their stringers.

Yes it was - a 1994 to be exact.

I am pretty conviced that in 1994, Crownline bought their boat-building materials from the local Home Depot. If it was wood in that boat, it rotted.

LOL! Yeah, they had a lot of problems with rotted wood which is why they switched in '98. I had a '99 266 and it was solid.

I think the thing is there are a lot of boat owners who say their hulls are rock solid, because there are no visible signs or soft spots in the glass. However, core samples have been what my buddy has been taking, and all of the boats he looked at except one have had some wet/rotted wood somewhere, whether it be the transom, bulkhead, or stringers. One of them was a 1990 Top Gun Cigarette. The transom in the Cig was completely rotted and hollow in some spots. Cigarette does a great job at the factory, but what about Joe Schmoe who installs the new indicator cables in 1997 and forgets to seal them properly. Or the marina who installs the depthfinder and forgot the silicone for the mounting screws on the transom.

I guess my real question is, I would like to hear about repercussions from running a boat with rotted wood. Such as hulls cracking, outdrives falling off, engine mounts coming thru, etc etc

Not bashing Cig, any boat can have probs.

2006 Chicago Poker Run an older Cig's hull came apart first thing on the run, he had to hi-tail her back to the lift before she sank.

I'm sure there is lot's of rot in alot of boats and owners don't have a clue.

Yes, and avoid drilling more holes in the transom at all costs.

core samples? anyone comes near my boat and wants to take core samples will be turned away...

moisture meters and a plastic mallet will tell the story.