Wow - that's a lot for a bare hull. At that price it's way better to just buy a complete boat. The pricing seems dispraportionate to me. I was thinking it would be roughly half price or so.
I guess I'm going to keep going on repairing my hull and once it get's too far gone (or too time consuming) it's new boat time.
I was thinking of doing the vang/outhaul upgrades (it's an '82) and then later just transferring that stuff to a new hull but at that price it's not the path to choose.
Oh well, my deck still looks like new I've also got a new sail so I'm still good to go. It's just that today I noticed that one spot on the hull has cracks from flexing. That got me to thinking about fixing it which is what led me to question the cost of a new hull.
The price drop is roughly equivalent to buying a local boat that's been used for 1-2 complete local seasons; tough duty when the local sailing is here on SF Bay.
I do get to inspect it after it gets here and the local dealer will repair any performance-affecting or major-cosmetic damage. I also get the right to decline the boat after inspecting it.