New to this forum, ive been looking around online for any info on rebuilding a boat and figure i would ask around on here, I recently picked up a jet boat for $500, I figured I couldnt really go wrong spending that little amount, well after getting it home i did a bunch of maintenance and it acutally fired up, from what the title says its a 1973 chaparral 19 ft runabout but it looks just like a tahiti ive looked around and couldnt find any info on chaparral making a jet boat like this any info on the boat would be great, it has a berkeley 12jc-a jet in it, a 454, the guy i picked it up from said the owner before him owned a mechanic shop and did alot of work to the engine but he didnt remember what, after finding some dryrot on the floor i decided to replace the floor , then after finding some dryrot on the stringer i decided i better replace that..   :mad:now im finding i may be over my head on this one, anyone got any advice on how to replace a stringer?  anyone think it is actaully worth replacing it and the floor and the seats and the carpet? or would it be better to pick up a different hull and put the jet and engine in there? Thanks