Well, I pulled the trigger on a new to me boat. I saw the add on CL and it was only a few miles from the house. The new ride is a Landau, model 1470F, 14' long, 48" at the bottom and 21" sides. I've had it out once and the stability is nice. I was looking at longer boats, but the 14' is as long as I can go and still fit a car in the garage. Picked it up in late June, I've been steadily working on it weekends and some weeknights. The PO removed the rear seat and installed two pod seats, I think I'm going to like them. The rest of the boat is wide open. I'm going with a low front deck to make family friendly ride. The transom was shot and getting this one out was easy, but required cutting out several factory rivets, they will be replaced w/ SS bolts.