Ok..here's the dilemma.

For many years my fishing has been limited to lakes and the inner sound (Shilshole, etc), and now over the last 2 years the focus has changed almost strictly to rivers.

The boat I currrently have is not suited for river fishing. It is a 1969 16" Glaspar with a heavy tri-hull design. It does have a very wide beam and is a superb platform for lakes and areas like Shilshole, etc. Cannon downriggers...the whole shooting match.

It had a Johnson 115 (1969) that lasted many years, but in the summer of 2002 it finally ate a piston rod at Chelan. Found a brand new, still in the crate, 1996 90hp Ocean Runner (Johnson) and had a shop install the motor and my dad and I did all the rest, installing the new controls, steering, etc.

The new motor has all of (maybe) 20 hrs. on it.

Problem is, it sits now, and I need a decent jet powered sled..

Called 3 Rivers today to check up on the upcoming seminar (28th) and spoke with a very helpful fellow (Dave) who suggested I could take the 90hp and add a jet drive to it. Cost seems reasonable, and it should handle a 16' - 18' aluminum hull ok. Not gonna a speedster, but that isn't what is desired anyway.

Ok to this point.

If this is the direction taken, I'll need to find a good conditon (or one I can clean up), reasonably priced used aluminum hull. These don't seem too common. Another issue is the sale of the old hull, that certainly has many, many years of great service left in it.

So, should I sell the whole boat, as is, and then take the proceeds and buy a used boat/motor combo, OR, take the new 90hp, add the jet unit and look for a decent hull to clean up and add the new motor too.

If opt 1, any suggestions on where to look for a decent hull? (used...can't afford new stuff after the $ to add the jet outdrive on the Johnson).

Hope all that makes sense...

Mike