Buying advice?

[PeterM]

Hi - I just started looking for a boat. Appreciate the info found on this board. It has helped me narrow down my choices. A couple of questions I could not find answers for..... ..

I have a 2010 Tacoma 4wd TRD model. I am checking to see if it has the tow package (6500 lbs?). If not I think it hauls 3500 lbs. In that case I should be limiting my search to a Seacraft 20 or 21, right??? I don't want to buy a new truck. Can my truck haul a 23 without the tow package if I just stay local (Cape Cod)?? Or if I get a trailer with brakes?

Have been reading that the Potter hulls had glass over balsa while the later hulls laid the glass over plywood. The consensus here is that the balsa is better because water doesn't travel through it like it does with plywood. I don't understand this since balsa is extremely porous. Maybe this doesn't matter cuz if i get an older hull I want a rebuilt one. I don't want a "project" boat but I am trying not to spend crazy money

Right now am thinking of looking at a '73 20 footer, a 2002 20 footer, an '84 23 footer, and an '03 23 footer.

Any help here is greatly appreciated - Thanks