As long as you knew the depth of the water you wanted to go in, you were OK. If there was 7-ft of water, we nearly 100% of the time could get in. Sometimes in the very shallow waters - 6'8" to 7' - I would hang on to the swim step on the transom and give directions to Betty to steer around coral heads or rocks.
I never saw the mechanics report but he seemed to really like her and did point out a couple of things that I never finished up.
If you still would like to buy her and can wait until July 1(assuming we haven't sold her in the mean time) you can have her for $25,000. You are the only person that Mike is going to hold me to the terms of the contract I signed with him - so I have to let 6-months go by before I can sell it to you without having to pay his 10% finders fee.
Doug & Betty Brown send me a "private message" and I can talk more