First Boat - 1978 Steury S 1700

mikeytag

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Hi everyone,

I just bought my first boat! It is a 1978 Steury S 1700. The engine is a 77 Mercury 115 "Tower of Power" that was overhauled 25 hours ago. The gentleman I bought it from is an engineer for the U.S. Navy and it has been his project boat for the past 10 years. I took it out this last weekend to the river in Parker AZ and it ran like a champ. The only issue is there isn't power steering so up at full speed (~30 mph) it takes some strength to turn. At lower speeds it turns on a dime though so I am not sure if power or hydraulic steering is really worth it.

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Re: First Boat - 1978 Steury S 1700

Cool 1978 Sturey s 1700. We redid the seats in the boat to make it look good. Tell me how we did on the seats. It has a 115 Jhonson Outboard on it. It goes about 45-50 mph. I have some pics to.
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