Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Georgia

Does ''as is'' always mean ''as is''

I bought a boat supposedley ''as is'' I was unable to test run the boat prior to sell because of mech. problems (torn bellow) with it. I was given a price for the boat. On a later date I tried to renegotiate the price to reflect repair of the torn bellow which was estimated around 400. Previous owner agreed to fix it himself @ no charge. I agreed as long as it was done right. During the time he was fixing, I asked how the gimble bearing looked and he said it was fine and he lubed it. He later stated in an email that he did not know what a gimble bearing was. I got the boat and it leaked terribly and come to find out it had a rotten transom. He claimed to had test run the boat prior to me buying and said everything was ready and it did not leak. which was a lie. I contended that if he test run the boat as he said he did he would have known it was leaking and either relayed that to me or found out where it was coming from to reveal a rotten transom to him. Also, the work he done on the bellows was not correct and I had to pay a mech over 500 to fix. Small claims court in tift co. ruled in his favor and said as is means as is. So, he can lie and cover up in order to sell something, and cant be held liable to fix what he agreed to fix?

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