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Try stepping on it with you other foot?

Toss it in a vice and get is as straight as possible. Replacement shouldn't be very expensive if you've gotta go that route.

Some fibreglass boats last a long time but how do you tell. I remember some built in the 1990s and they had wood stringers. They all got scrapped in the next 15 y. I don’t think I’ll ever buy an old glass boat unless it was a throw away money amount.

The sound on those Youtube videos is just great. The strong friendship and respect between those 2 is quite obvious and prob what makes this such a great show. They are obviously enjoying themselves. DL's clothes seem to be a long standing in joke between the 2----it shows up in the movie made much earlier. I also watched a video made 4-5 later in which DL is the lead singer for Mercury and JB, Bonnie R and Shawn Colvin are doing backup----a much bluesier version. And JB seems to be wearing the same drab grey shirt!!😁

Thanks for the reply, as I start to think more about it I am having a hard time due to the age alone. Thanks Flex

Seeing the boats age and price tag Art is 100% right, get a tech to look it over. Even some late 90's early 2000's items for bikes and sea-doo's are no longer available from MFG. After 7 years the MFG can decide to stop production of some parts based on lack of sales... USE caution.

That is a 31 year old boat, during a time that boats are selling for stupid money right now. If you decide that it is the one to own have it looked at by a trained marine mechanic to make sure that the major components are solid. Remember if there is a major component that needs to be replaced like , motor, hull damage, rotted transom the repair cost will make this a huge mistake to recover from. Art

I was in automotive for 42 years with 21 years as an owner and sold to a national chain in 2017. I miss my long term guys and a lot of my customers, but I do not miss the day to day grind, especially finding competent techs. I totally understand your feelings, mine was like I was selling my baby. We are up here at the cottage now and after a lot of thought we are going to sell the cottage. I am not getting any younger and owning a cottage 1300 miles away just ain't what it used to be. Of course Covid entered into the decision with the lockdowns, but with Toronto big money chasing cottages we have decided to take advantage of the situation.

Hmmmm.......................a bit touchy today are we Snidley? Or just looking to get a thread locked with a bunch of sanctimonius, holier-than-thou claptrap? So from some historical (and perhaps hysterical) perspective, there were not a lot of bass in one of your fishing spots, but in the same general area you could catch 50 or 60 bass in a day. Bass are not endangered in Ontario, and if a good habitat supports more fish than a poorer one, that happens to be basic ecology. Probably why there are or were more bass in one spot than another, within the same general area and body of water. Keeping a bass, or for that matter a limit of bass, once in a while does ZERO to a fish population, almost anywhere in this province. And if the OP, or anybody else who wants to keep fish to EAT, chooses to do so, that just happens to be their right. Even if it makes you FUME. Rant off. Just sayin'......................