I think the question now is can i refit, restore and re-power my boat for under $40K?just doing the ground work now on a 2000 sport nautique:New engine non cat 6.0 sitting on my floor with transmission $15K including shipping.complete set of interior skins from C&S $6Kperipherals- steering cable, fuel lines, exhaust hoses, band clamps and misc supplies and hardware $1000Flooring- carpet or sea deck $1000- $2,500polish and re decal $1500-$2000Zero off $1600Labor $2500-$3500Tax 6.5% I utilize PleasureCraft Engines re-power products as they to my knowledge are the only suppliers of engines that offer non cat and e-control capabilities. Could a comp boat be built and made available on the trailer for under $80K? i think only from a small builder. The boat would have to be analog as well as bare bones. but with the plethora of quality boat candidates for refit in and on the market as well as already paid for as well as out rightly owned. it really makes no sense to purchase a new boat, unless one just has to have the latest, greatest, updatest, elitist slice of bread, one must remember its still a slice of bread. @Dano I like where you are going with that however setting up and piecing together a small block vortec engine will cost more then to just go ahead and purchase a available repower package. i have done the math and why would anyone want a small block when a 6.0 is the same price or less money?