I am sorry to hear about that, I have gotten in with a waterline around my boat and dirty carpet plenty of times. My boat is a 1978 Ranger 185 and fishing 3-4 days a week gets it pretty dirty. It is just a fishing platform to me and certainly not a status symbol. I only fish week days due to my sheduled work days at the department. I usually go a little later in the day and am usually not one of the first on the water. I also get the same guy all the time he is a little older than some, has a lot of common sense and knows I am a local and that is the only lake I fish.
Peace
Rich