'85 23' Sceptre project

[FishStretcher]

Free advice is worth what you pay for it, so buyer beware.

I'd try to find a plastic fuel tank. Ethanol and water seem to eat so many aluminum tanks.

I'd hold onto the fishwell, but not install it. Install a hatch cover into a glass panel you make. Then see what you like and sell the one you don't want.

And if your fuel tank hatch has a plywood core, rip it out and put nidacore or divinycel in there instead. Weight and rot is the enemy.

Finally, the pro tip I learned here is to embed 100lb braid fishing line in the 3M 4200 or 3M 5200 you use to install the fuel tank hatch so you can remove it reasonably easily in the future.

If the OBs are heavy, you may want to get the batteries forward to compensate, but others here are far more expert on CG location on the cuddy shaped Seacrafts than I am.