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Chances are "higher" that an older GW (or almost all boats) will have water somewhere. But that's not to say that ALL older boats have issues. In the end, it all depends on how it was maintained.

OK, that makes much more sense! :) (Edited for better clarification) So... some of the boats are built without "limber holes" (Google it if you need to). Which means, yes, water will always collect there -- if it somehow finds it's way there - although generally those areas that are lateral...

What is "framing"? It'd probably be best if you upload a few pictures.

A porta-potti is nice becasue it is so simple to use/take care of and it's pretty much dirty simple. Not a bad idea you have there. Hose replacement is pertty much the same on all boats - a royal PIA. They usually "just barely" fit through the drilled holed but since they sometiems...

Plain steel, transom wood that's open to the environment....

If all of the speaker wires don't go the head unit, which is likely, then they go to your amp. Find your amp and check wires... then ID which wires go to which speakers. You can switch them around to test speakers, too.

Fair enough! So, with your anticipated use, and assuming you DON'T have a separate holding tank... I'd probably cap off the ports on the back of the potti, plug the lines and just use it as a regular portapotti. This would make the system dirt simple. The potti has two securing rings screwed...

That helps - mostly :) So you have what I was "guessing" above. But what we still don't know is if you have a separate holding tank or the only holding tank is thelower half of the potti. Right there in your picture is the directions for the Y-valve I mentioned. It's probably inside either...

That's a whole bunch better and right in line with normal! Good deal! Thanks for the follow up, Loggie.

That's some nice bling hangin' off the back of the boat!

First check to see if you have your Garmin set to read "magnetic" as opposed to "true north". Second... do you have any speakers/etc (sources of magnetic disturbance) close to the compass? With the boat in your slip, does turning the wheel affect the compass? Does using/turning on any nearby...

So, if you don't use the top cleat to lift the boat - which is fine since you always use the bow eye - you could do without this piece. Reinforce the top deck sufficiently and reuse the (or partial) threaded rod. The bow keel doesn't really need any reinforcing but you can add some goop, a...

Strange, but, oh well!

Interesting that yours looks differently shaped than mine. Do you not have the rod connecting to the deck cleat/lifting eye? What model year?

Yup - Grady made that piece out of plain steel. Mine is an '82, but I'm "pretty sure" that even in 1982, Grady was aware that plain steel would..... Rust and corrode!!! I took accurate measurements, along with what was left, and went to a local metalworks shop and had them make me a new piece...

It's been a while, but... I either went through the small access hole that is in that forward bulkhead in the cabin or.... more then likely, I probably just removed the entire bulkhead. Thinking about this... I'm pretty sure I just removed the bulkhead since it would have only took a few minutes.

The Offshore does not have an anchor locker - at least not in the early years. I'm not sure if anything was changed later in the production years. Well, it does have a tiny little locker - but it's only accessed through the cabin and it's not big enough to actually be used.

It's actually rather easy to access. I did it on my own Offshore. You NEED to check the condition of the bracket that connects the bow eye to the lifting cleat on the deck. DO NOT wait to do this. Do this before you trailer again!

There's not much else we can say - its the going to be the same thing over and over and over, you know? If you can't make the decision based on the responses... go find someone with digital controls and give 'em some money for gas and go play for a bit :)

And... it could still be a porta potty with separate holding tank, too. I guess the best thing is to first get concrete clarification (and maybe pics) of what were dealing with before going too far.