evaluating an old seacraft

[ghinson]

I really appreciate the input. I hope to get out and snap a few pics of this boat soon and will find a way to share them. I am still going back and forth on the decision. I'm fairly sure that I will not have the time to do most of the work, so part of the decision is going to be whether I can find someone where I live who can do it. Following some of you, today I made a few calls and found out that there isn't anyone where that technically does surveys. But, if I can find someone who restores boats, I will make them come out and look. I'm ultimately looking at $2500-3000 (depending on my negotiation skills) for what is presumably a sound Potter built hull that has been rewired. I really appreciate your input Fellow-ship. I hope I am not entering this decision lightly, but I don't know with certainty what kind of role this machine will play in our lives. I'd like to think that I'd be out almost weekly (or every other) for our 20-week season.