Thank you both for the replies. I will definitely see if I can get it cleaned up a bit. $40-$50 plus some work definitely beats $1000.
In other news, I got the new tramp on this weekend. The tramp was a replacement bought by the prior owner and never installed. A picture of it is below (along with two very excited kids that sadly won't be getting a ride on the boat until next May/June).
Two questions about the tramp. First, the material feels like a vinyl as opposed to the mesh that was on there previously. Is this just what it feels like new or did the previous owner buy something odd? It is from Salt City Sailing. Second, the staggering of the eyelets was different than expected. Instead of the first two lining up, the first rivet on the starboard side was about 2" below the mast crossbeam and the one on the port side was about 5" below. From the Hobie videos I watched, the first rivets were always even. Is this something to worry about? If they make the tramps this way, I am guessing it isn't that big of a deal.
And then an amusing pic too. I got a trailer as part of the purchase too. I didn't pay too much attention to it beyond noticing that the prior owner had duct taped Styrofoam to the crossbars to create padding for the hulls. After I took the boat off to tighten the tramp lacing I noticed that crossbeams are actually masts for some other boat that were just slipped into the trailer. They aren't even attached, the weight of the boat was the only thing holding them in place. The trailer is my next project, but I was pretty surprised to see the halyard clip on one of my trailer crossbars.
New tramp:
Terrible trailer: