I'm glad to see someone else has the same project going that I do. I didn't take before pictures because I really don't want to remember how it looked before I started. We'll just say if you ever want a family picture all we have to do is get our two boats together cause I'm pretty sure I have it's twin. Luckily I know a guy that welds that soft shiney stuff for a living cause he put 15 welds on the ugly thing for me. Now it's painted and about half way through the decking process. I've having trouble deciding how much is too much since it's just going to get covered in slime and blood anyway. Good Luck!!!