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Definitely, it’s a 30 year old boat. Looks nice in the pics but that can be hiding a lot. Nothing wrong with asking for a sea trial. If they say it’s not possible walk away.
Is there room to move the trailer winch back so the boat is flush or hanging over a hair so you can put the tabs in the proper spot and fill the old holes?
All I can think of is peel that carpet off of them and if you can’t get a pry bar under them you could probably just run a sawsall under it. You’ll want them right out or you will be bashing your toes on them. Cheers
I bought the boat for $500 of a guy that just wanted it off his land so it being a 1979 I knew that the first thing to look at would be the stringers. So once in there I opened the gates of hell. I decided to take the whole floor up and it was worth it to replace the rotten stringers and oil and...
I had the same thing, they were 2x4 or 2x6 I can’t remember and just had (L) brackets holding it down. BUT I ripped the floor up there so I could put some reinforcement wood between the stringers for the pedestal to screw into.