New to Me 1999 Sport Nautique

Hello!
Today I purchased a 1999 SPort Nautique that is in need of some TLC. The hull is in good shape, and the engine is great, but the skins, oh man, are they trashed.

The previous owner bought the bought and then kept it in the Texas sun for 5 years, uncovered. I'm the third owner.

The raw water pump is seized right now (shouldn't be a difficult fix, impeller or bearings...) but the engine start easily and runs well.   It's the 351W, carbed version.

I owned one boat before, a 1953 Minnetonka Tonka Craft double cockpit runabout, and it was fun but not family friendly. This Sport Nautique was purchased with the up-front understanding that my lovely spousal unit would be expected to do nothing more than roll the ice chest to the boat. No parking a trailer for her!   

I'm excited to get to work refurbishing the interior of the boat, I'm planning to do new skins, and I really like SeaDek to replace the carpet... but carpet sure is cheap.   The boat's mission is family fun. Yep, I let my kid eat in my sports car, I'll let her bring chips on the boat.

I'll post up some pics.

I'm in Wylie TX and will be boating on Lavon and Hubbard.

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Hope you got it cheap a whole interior like that needs is $$$$
Some wet sanding and a buff she should shine up nice.

Hey guys, thanks for the info and the welcome.

Christine's has already provided me a price and I'm pretty sure that's the direction I'm headed. Install appears time consuming but well within my capabilities, so I'll tackle that this fall.

As for picking her up cheap... Well, I paid $500 more than my "comfortable price" at $4500.   I'm hoping to keep the total investment below 9 or 10k and enjoy the boat for years. Man, those skins are bad. The dollars do add up quickly, though.

I pulled the raw water pump off and the impeller was in good shape, but the shaft was bent about a 1/16th out of round and seized in the bearings. New pump on order, and so the journey to financial ruin begins... It's going to be a fun trip.