Well, I bought it brand new because I didn’t know enough about boats to comfortably purchase a used one. I sold it to an acquaintance when building a house and told him I wanted first dibs if he ever decided to sell. He had it 10ish years and I bought it back 3ish years ago for nearly nothing. I saw the rusty u joints which were certainly structurally compromised, and the gallons of water that poured out when they pulled the lower unit (there should’ve been a couple fish flipping around on the floor). It seems the back end of the boat probably was submerged a bit for a while as a waterline was visible on the u joint. The guys at the shop were absolutely amazing and nice (yes I’m a female lol). So although the boat isn’t “really” special, it’s very special to me. I just sank $$ in to some upholstery work because I want the boat lookin’ good. At the shop we were talking 2k ish so I was quite surprised to see 2.8k and was looking for a sanity check. I don’t want to buy a new boat, and looking at rental costs for a day in the lake, figure it’s worth fixing. I just don’t want to pay or something I don’t need or want get. And now you know why I don’t have the tools or assistance to repair it myself. Wah. Hahah