Well, I figured I'd start the thread for my Conquest. I haven't gotten very far on it yet (due to time and a sick dog), but here's the "story" behind it... I had been looking for a boat for some time and just couldn't pull the trigger. Finally in early September I decided to put my '95 Saab 900 Turbo Convertible up for Sale or Trade for a boat. I got a ton of guys with boats that wanted to trade, but none of them were what I was looking for. Finally I started seaking out trades and found this '91 Conquest. It was listed as a '92 Conquest 17', but when I went to see it they said there was a mistake in the ad and it was actually a '91 and 16'. This didn't really bother me since it was still what I was looking for, a smaller speed boat. While I was checking it out (did a lake test), it ran great, no play in the steering, nothing that really stood out other than a soft spot in the floor. The previous owner told me he had it checked out and it just needed some plywood, he just didn't have the space or time and he had just inherited a 22' Fish & Ski so he wanted to get his wife something fun to play with (the convertible). I spoke with my wife, and we both decided it was a good idea and went with it.
In towing it home, it didn't tow like a 16' boat that weighs around 2200lbs, it towed a lot heavier than that (I've towed other cars with my car so I have a pretty good idea how it tows). I figured it was just cause I wasn't use to it and kept on with what I was doing. First thing we did was drop it in the lake out by our place and took about a 3-4 hour "tour" & float session on the lake. I wanted to make sure it didn't sink... lol. Passed that test with flying colors, and just a few weird things came up... It has a strange list to the left, and the steering is a little off. My Dad was concerned with the softness in the floor, and upon further inspection while we were out it was worse than it had originally looked like. At that point I decided to search more on here and realized it'll probably be the floor and the stringers. Luckily I like projects, and wanted a boat. I'm excited for all of the headaches this Conquest is going to bring me this winter, and I hope to have it back on the lake by Memorial Day.
Anyways, on with the pictures.
The Car I traded.
My car towing the boat
After it's first day on the lake
In The Garage (yes, I need to clean it up a little)
A couple pics of the interior
In towing it home, it didn't tow like a 16' boat that weighs around 2200lbs, it towed a lot heavier than that (I've towed other cars with my car so I have a pretty good idea how it tows). I figured it was just cause I wasn't use to it and kept on with what I was doing. First thing we did was drop it in the lake out by our place and took about a 3-4 hour "tour" & float session on the lake. I wanted to make sure it didn't sink... lol. Passed that test with flying colors, and just a few weird things came up... It has a strange list to the left, and the steering is a little off. My Dad was concerned with the softness in the floor, and upon further inspection while we were out it was worse than it had originally looked like. At that point I decided to search more on here and realized it'll probably be the floor and the stringers. Luckily I like projects, and wanted a boat. I'm excited for all of the headaches this Conquest is going to bring me this winter, and I hope to have it back on the lake by Memorial Day.
Anyways, on with the pictures.
The Car I traded.
My car towing the boat
After it's first day on the lake
In The Garage (yes, I need to clean it up a little)
A couple pics of the interior
