Hi KenB:
I voted to convert to outboard. But I must say that is sounds like you might have stepped into a bucket of S**t with your wife.
Neither one of those boats are a sleep aboard so if I were you I would so some serious rebuilt on the relationship first before you look at either one of the boats.
I do have a good name for the new boat though and I am sure your wife would agree "The Other Woman"
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