Advice welcome!

[kmoose]

There are lots of levels of restoration that can be done to a stripped hull. I say a stripped hull because you want to start from there if you are going to restore as you will cover all the points of contention that would bite you later in most cases.

What it really comes down to is how much you are willing to spend. In my case I wanted a full rebuild to correct some deficiencies and to end up with a boat I can retire with. We were not looking for shiny perfect, show class restoration. What we wanted was the best structural components paired with the options in layout. The big money is in fit and finish. Our fit is great but we wanted a user maintainable finish for the deck and gunwales as we are pretty tough on our boat and scratches, scrapes and wear are things that are going to happen on our sled. That saved us big money but doesn't appeal to everyone.

Tom you have our # so come up and we'll take you on a cruise up the Rainbow river. Margaritas will be served in the rear observation deck.