Bay Hawks were known for soft floors. There were a few on the Alabama coast where we lived that were being used for running crab pots and recreational scale shrimping. The ones that I personally knew of had significant floor work done and where there's floor rot I always worry about the condition of the transom. The ride was typically wet in choppy conditions but they draft well in skinny water. If it was my purchase decision then I would hold out for another bay boat with better quality control. I hate to see folks get into a rig and then have to complete some major work on the hull when they weren't planning on buying it as a restoration project.