Your best bet is to find someone on a group that has one, the Starcraft aluminum boats FB group has numerous sawzall savant savages that tear their Islanders and Chiefs to pieces in order to have an open tub to hunt ducks or fish from. These people may save some of the parts to share with those...
Not ever had an anode attached to my Al hull, just the motors / outdrives. You would want to have one if mooring the boat for extended periods of time where there's shore power out to the moorings.
You could always add more weight, to the bow that is. A bow mount electric makes for more versatility in your fishing boat. My 80# thrust Minn Kota weights in at 90lbs and there's 2 x gp 27 batts for it up there too with onboard charger.
Before any removal and upgrades of deck covering, is your current decking rotten and needing replaced? Not covering a boat after spending time and money will result in the interior being ruined no matter. Case in point all the old fiberglass boats we get for donors are derelict being rotted out...
The Jasco 5 min was the bomb, that's been replaced now locally with 15 min which takes more work and heat.
Tough to tell where your at on the boat work but stripping bare is the way to go for a new paint job if that's what you have planned.
Welcome aboard, nice little holly. (y)
High idle on OB motors is normally due to either cable adjustment, controls or the cable itself. I would pull the cover and look at the idle lever to see if it is seating down on the stop or hanging up short causing the high idle which would also cause the...
