D&Y ... enjoy your new ride ... it's really clean and a nice ride. You have a great motor, Dave builds awesome engines ... take care of it.
My advice ... take it or leave it ... next time, don't have a knee jerk reaction and call out someone before knowing who they are and/or what they have. I've done it many times when I was younger ... and usually had my ass handed to me. It takes a bigger man to admit when he's wrong than one to keep it going when he know's he's wrong.
I'm sure Joe would laugh this off if you said you were sorry and moved on.
The so called "posse" you've stirred up is everyone you will need advice from TRUST ME. If you don't know who they are yet, you will soon ... owning that boat, you will need hardware / parts / etc. and you will need their help. Some may be answering the phone at the shops you might be calling to order those parts.
Again, congrats, have fun ... and good luck. I invite you to come out to NJBA and run the boat ...you'll have a blast and probably have it running faster than it ever has by the end of the weekend.
Brian