Thanks for taking time to respond Darrell.
I currently do not have a motor for the boat. I'm not planning putting anything bigger than a 9.9 on her seeing as i usually only fish small rivers and creeks in South Ga.
Thank you for the links, lot of good info on those.
As far as the small crack...
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