Re: Mercruiser Trim
Free boat?? Beware the free boat, just kidding! I would start with the hull actually. Possibly the best start may be to have the boat professionally accessed. May sound extreme but if you have little or no experience with boat maintenance or re-building than you could very well sink a lot of time and money into a worthless wreck. Get the assessment done, from there prioritize the list of things that need to be addressed, access the things you can do yourself and have the rest of the work quoted. You may be financially better off to give the boat to somebody else and spend the money on one that you can use. Than again it may be a gem, but I wouldn't be starting with the drive, thats a bolt on component and is reasonably easy to fix or replace. You really need to take a big picture look at the hull as this will determine if its worth the effort, lots of good advice on this forum, some are strictly by the book, others think a little for themselves but generally speaking you will get mostly good advice here. Good luck, maybe post some pics, and give us a look at what you have.