you guys are awesome. thanks so much for all the help and direction..
You’re welcome. There are lots of good and kind folks on this forum who spend many hours every week trying to help people like yourself. Why? Because we love boating and desire to see others enjoy it as well. We understand the high cost of boating so we help each other and anyone else save money by solving problems and doing our own repairs so we can keep boating.
I also have an ulterior motive > to make you a DIY convert that looks for good solutions. Why? So you can learn and become the next Lou or Bondo, etc. The only difference between us is experience. And as you develop that experience, I am hoping you will in turn share it with others in the future. Paying it forward if you will.
BTW, nice boat and welcome to boating! I assume your first. If you are interested in continuing to be a DIY, PM me and will provide a listing of some basic tools to get you going