[Jeff Niceswanger]

When looking at your new casting, have a look at the water transfer holes in the decks. (The ones we always have welded up solid). You can look thru the holes and see how thin the 083 decks are. Some of these castings are super thin in those areas and they will end up like mine did. After 3 times of having various areas welded back up and repaired... I finally scuddled them. 8000.00 for a year-old set of boat anchors.