[Gerry Zagorski]

Thanks for all the suggestions guys.

Mikey - Doing that sort of thing is not in the cards for me but I appreciate the thought none the less... I'm too much of a hack to attempt that sort of stuff.

One thing the insurance adjuster told me that makes a lot of sense is that they document everything that is wrong with the boat... Even things like small scratches on the hull and even under the water line. If the boat is mechanically sound and they scrap it, you could buy the boat back from them and just do the major repairs.

There are probably going to be some people who do just that or there are going to be a lot of boats that are mechanically sound that get scraped that would be a good deal for someone that's handy.