ron I called your buddy and asked about the condition of the boat before I drove down and was told their was no rot. I dont mind doing a little scraping and painting but Iam not interested in making new parts to replace rot and told your freind that. I drove from marysville to shelton with cash in hand only to find a boat with rot in 4 or 5 places. I left in five mins to drive 3 hours of traffic back home. if the baot was a rebuilder he should have told me and i could have saved us both the trouble.