I think I finally got it!

[Captn C]

UPDATE;
from 9-10-05:

I ran the boat in seas that tested my lastest work. All is still solid. The transom is still in place and no new cracks have started to form. I feel a lot better about using the boat for now. Sea conditions- 2 to 3 ft head sea going out and 3 to 4 ft follow seas with a cross chop...the kind of nasty stuff that only the Gulf of Mexico can dish out.

I am more impressed with the boats ride now than ever. Believe it or not, but the boat must have transmitting the flex into the entire boat?!?!? Sounds crazy I know, but my fiance looked at me after about 30 minutes and ask if the boats ride felt different. I too had been thinking the same thing. It felt more solid....heavier?!?!? maybe....it is hard to explain. It was also much quiter with T-Top rebuilt, deck supports re-done and plates put under the T-Top's feet. I also put two aluminum plates in the equipment box because the bolts were starting to pull though...the fiberglass is way to thin to only have little 1/4" washers supporting the box.

Now all I have to do is stop the water leaking into the bilge from the live well and I'll have something close to what I thought I bought three plus years ago.