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I cut my teeth on an 84 Scarab III. Always liked the layout and thought it was a rock solid boat. Always wanted a KV, but were hard to come by. Spent 5 yrs looking for a good one with no luck. In 98 I was about to pull the trigger on a really nice low hour 90 Scarab III when the Snap-On KV hit the market. I know a year before I bought it the bilge stringers and transom were replaced. Now we have to do some work on the main stringer where it comes out from under the rear seat. It's exposed on the bottom side at that point and appears to have never been sealed from new and now is rotted. Have a guy that's going to re glass the bottom and impregnate the effected area.
This doesn't mean I'm gonna slam Wellcraft for this. After all, we're talk'n about a 24 year old boat that has seen it's share of use. Can't begin to count all the threads on stringers that I've read under other manufactures threads, so it's not just Wellcraft.
I'm sure mine didn't spend much time on the trailer when Bill Taylor owned it and Brian & Wilma Ross put about 150 hrs on the meters per season for 5 years when they were run'n it in the PR series.
It is what it is. The stringer is a minor set back, the boat still looks like new condition and I love the way it runs and handles.

Nothing like a wave crusher in the rough :D