richierider
Seaman Apprentice
- Joined
- Apr 29, 2013
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- 47
So about a month ago i picked up the Sea Scamp. Boat was in fairly good condition....no leaks, only a few minor dents and dings...paint was flaking off in a few small areas and transom was a little chewed from the motor mount bolts....The boat was set up for fishing with the original bench seats with some swivel seats mounted on those. 3 or 4 2x4's between ridge line in front of benches served as the standing platforms.
Took boat out the first time and had some problems with the motor...wouldn't start very easy and then died out a few times. Once I got it a little warmer I took it up the inter coastal for about a half hour , boat handled great, the Nissan 18 hp pushed it along well...didn't plane good though. Took it out again on small river and had bad day... Dropped my truck keys in middle of river, said to myself "oh well I'll deal with that when i get back". Then had same motor problems. Being in the river I was getting a little nervous. So i dropped the trolling motor which i just put on kinda temporarily with 2 small 2x4 blocks on either side of hull to right of bow and decided to head back up river...wow lot of torque with that 55bs thrust...fighting against the current dragging boat on an angle through river... was actually quite the funny site for any on lookers. Blocks of wood loosened and fell out, so now I'm holding the thing in my hands. Get back to the dock and tie up...Wait for hours for my ride to show up to bring me to get spare keys. What a nightmare. So after all that I decided to do a complete restore of the entire boat, trailer and motor. Now as this is my first boat, I don't have much boating experience to speak from. As far as the motor, I did notice a small leak in the fuel line so I'm hoping that is what was causing the problem but the motor is on back burner for now anyway. I stripped paint down to aluminum and sanded trailer and painted it... working on building new transom right now...waiting glue to dry so i can cut the angles off.... Found that my boat should have had a short shaft motor and mine is a long... So I'm making new transom flat across instead of with the stock dip it came with... that should bring my prop much closer to the right height.... Now issues I'm having now are, deciding the best way to brace for the deck...Don,t have tons of money to buy all sorts of aluminum, but at the same time don't want to add lots of weight...I'm thinking of using stock bench on back and front, taking middle bench out and putting deck from front bench to bow, and rear bench to stern...I read somewhere in forum that 4 inch PVC for middle support could work? Sounds good to me....Please respond with any ideas or thoughts regarding anything that may be helpful. This is also my first forum I've joined, but having already gained a wealth of knowledge and ideas. I figured that I should also share my restoration with others so that they may gain some insight as well,,,
Took boat out the first time and had some problems with the motor...wouldn't start very easy and then died out a few times. Once I got it a little warmer I took it up the inter coastal for about a half hour , boat handled great, the Nissan 18 hp pushed it along well...didn't plane good though. Took it out again on small river and had bad day... Dropped my truck keys in middle of river, said to myself "oh well I'll deal with that when i get back". Then had same motor problems. Being in the river I was getting a little nervous. So i dropped the trolling motor which i just put on kinda temporarily with 2 small 2x4 blocks on either side of hull to right of bow and decided to head back up river...wow lot of torque with that 55bs thrust...fighting against the current dragging boat on an angle through river... was actually quite the funny site for any on lookers. Blocks of wood loosened and fell out, so now I'm holding the thing in my hands. Get back to the dock and tie up...Wait for hours for my ride to show up to bring me to get spare keys. What a nightmare. So after all that I decided to do a complete restore of the entire boat, trailer and motor. Now as this is my first boat, I don't have much boating experience to speak from. As far as the motor, I did notice a small leak in the fuel line so I'm hoping that is what was causing the problem but the motor is on back burner for now anyway. I stripped paint down to aluminum and sanded trailer and painted it... working on building new transom right now...waiting glue to dry so i can cut the angles off.... Found that my boat should have had a short shaft motor and mine is a long... So I'm making new transom flat across instead of with the stock dip it came with... that should bring my prop much closer to the right height.... Now issues I'm having now are, deciding the best way to brace for the deck...Don,t have tons of money to buy all sorts of aluminum, but at the same time don't want to add lots of weight...I'm thinking of using stock bench on back and front, taking middle bench out and putting deck from front bench to bow, and rear bench to stern...I read somewhere in forum that 4 inch PVC for middle support could work? Sounds good to me....Please respond with any ideas or thoughts regarding anything that may be helpful. This is also my first forum I've joined, but having already gained a wealth of knowledge and ideas. I figured that I should also share my restoration with others so that they may gain some insight as well,,,
