I would concur with TechMitch. Stick with twins. The boat is not only set up for twins, if you have done little work, you have a lot of weight on the bow to get on plane.
I restored a 90 21' Laguna. It caused me some issues on weight: came out of factory with 175 at about 500 lbs; was...
I am not certain that is foam. Those 17 are unicorns (great boats), but should be a cored hull. Capt. Rusty above would know better.
If cored, SeaRay has said for years that it should dry. First, you need to find where the water is entering from.
looks okay aside from "summer...." maybe all the clothes are causing the problem? :)
If you look at my new gel coat and the original laguna stripe, the original stripe gives the vessel the appearance of a higher bow. Also, there should be a float switch and bilge tucked way in the back.
if...
Yes, I think someone took the brass seacock and brass pickup off and replaced it with the transducer and then drilled a new hole and used a thru hull designed to be above waterline.
I can send schematics, there is a section on the water system. Can you PM (private message) me your contact...
I just restored a 91 21' from bottom up. Its tough to find problems in this vessel, and there is no real change in quality regardless of where built.
Fuel tanks are the main problem if left sitting in salt water. Very little wood below the deck line, so mushy deck, etc is an easy fix if you...