Never open a boat unless you are charging “time and materials”! Every time you “open up” an older boat for a refit you almost always find about twice the trouble and that almost always leads to twice the initial cost.
WellyP, you must have been there done that too! And it’s all real repairs that need to be done! Sometimes wonder how we didn’t kill someone down the hole when the hidden deterioration was uncovered in the yards.
Jack
“boat” stands for “break out another trillion.