Hi Bill,
This is ken, the guy who showed up with nat when we bought your boat. I know there was some back and forth about the damage to the hull under the lamination, so now that some time has passed (and heads are a little cooler) I wanted to let you know exactly what the issue was.
The boat and price was great and Nat was not upset about that. The issue was that he and I would not have bought the boat based on the the time commitment it took to repair the hole. It's ok if you didn't know that there was some major damage there, but we had a hard time believing that because it was underneath the patch that was on there. Anyway, we did buy it, and Nat has done a great job repairing the damage properly. He has the transom closed up right now, and a bracket is going on shortly. We have a motor on order right now, so it is a really exciting project. (BTW, do you have compression numbers on the OMC225? We have them now, but I want to make sure they did not change). You did a whole lot of great work elsewhere on that hull, and we are really glad to help get that classic hull back on the water.
We ended up getting a second 23 hull. As we are now committed to reading classicseacraft.com a lot more, let's have a truce. I know where you can find a nice 20 project hull, if you are interested. I know nat's charter book (
www.gtncharters.com) is pretty open, so that might be another way to settle up. Goin' fishin' generally fixes most everything, and it might be a nice chance for you to see the work he did on the hull.
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best,
Ken