Open pandora's box, take it apart, and attempt to fix it myself? Who knows how much time, youtube videos, and trial and error it would take learning to work with fiberglass. And then where would it stop?

Stringers, transom, raised x, new floor, bulkheads, glassed on deck, decent power (500ish), hydraulic steering, k-planes, etc etc. Maybe after all that work I wouldn't even want to sell it. It is only used on inland lakes, I don't really need or want twins or something a bunch longer. I know some of you must have been in this situation before, tell me your stories.[/QUOTE]

by the time your done with all that your going to have grey hair and an empty bank account. take the boat apart. sell it in pieces. and go buy something else.

Ditto, been there, done that. IF you do keep your head in it, and you DO finish it, you will probably be in it too deep to sell it and come out.

If for some reason you do decide to tackle it, maybe pay a few hundred for a surveyor to look at it and test it with their moisture meters. It would be worth the investment to know what lies ahead of you. A stringer can turn into a floor, can turn into a transom, can turn into a ................................

The wet part is down by the engine, though I have no idea how far up it has seeped. Working outside in the winter is doable just not ideal. It's not like I would have snow to worry about, just cold temps.

You are correct. Mainly because running the thing flat out and only going 60 mph was getting a little old. The problem is that I was counting on the sale of this one to get enough funds to move into something faster. Now that it's worth considerably less than I thought it was i'm not comfortable with the loan I would need to move up.

It's hard to tackle something like that when you're checking out mentally.

keep in mind the grain in the stringers runs fore and aft... it may have spread much father than you think...

Do you like the boat? Does it make you happy or are you "blah" about boating because of the boat?

I like it a lot. It's the first performance oriented boat i've owned, it's also the reason I met my girlfriend. It's just not scratching the speed itch anymore and upgrading to a new boat seemed like an easier way to go when I thought I could pull money out of this one, not so much anymore. I've never been "blah" about boating. Even when i'm on my buddy's air nautique i'm having a blast. Just being on the water is what it's all about.

I would fix it, it really isn't that hard.. I knew nothing about fiberglass when I did mine, but I jumped right into it got it done and off we went..

Talk, to someone like GlassDave about fixing it and then selling. If you pull the engine first it will be less money for him to fix.