gsh
Petty Officer 2nd Class
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- Jun 9, 2010
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I have a little 14' boat that I rebuilt, used and improved over the last few years, and it worked great when my daughter was still little. But she's grown quite a bit and not with myself, her my wife and our little dog in it, it's getting cramped and the weight limit had been maxed out.
Not to mention that my daughter has said she wants to try tubing and my boats little 6hp motor just won't do that.
So I started looking on Facebook Marketplace and I found a 16.5' 1985 Sea Nymph FM-161 with a 50hp Mercury on it and a Yacht Club trailer under it.
The wood is starting to rot out and the carpet is completely shot, but the hull looks to be in great shape. The bilge pump and live well pumps need to be replaced. The tires are completely rotted and so is the winch strap. They need to be replaced before I can even move it.The owner kept the seats in his garage and also has brand new life jackets that never got used as well as a spare prop.
Purchase price for the works was $1,360.
I asked why he was selling it and he says he bought it new in 1985 so he and his son could go fishing together. Now his son has grown up, become a dentist and has bought a really nice boat. So when they go fishing, they take the son's boat and this one hasn't been used at all in the last 8 years other than a quick trip to the lake 2 years ago to see if the motor still worked.
I'm assuming that the motor will need work and the floors and carpet need to be replaced as well as some other minor stuff just to get it back on the water, For this winter though I plan on keeping it at my parent's farm in the barn and will do most of the restoration in the spring of 2020.
Does anyone have any other suggestions as to what I might need to investigate for possible problems?
Not to mention that my daughter has said she wants to try tubing and my boats little 6hp motor just won't do that.
So I started looking on Facebook Marketplace and I found a 16.5' 1985 Sea Nymph FM-161 with a 50hp Mercury on it and a Yacht Club trailer under it.
The wood is starting to rot out and the carpet is completely shot, but the hull looks to be in great shape. The bilge pump and live well pumps need to be replaced. The tires are completely rotted and so is the winch strap. They need to be replaced before I can even move it.The owner kept the seats in his garage and also has brand new life jackets that never got used as well as a spare prop.
Purchase price for the works was $1,360.
I asked why he was selling it and he says he bought it new in 1985 so he and his son could go fishing together. Now his son has grown up, become a dentist and has bought a really nice boat. So when they go fishing, they take the son's boat and this one hasn't been used at all in the last 8 years other than a quick trip to the lake 2 years ago to see if the motor still worked.
I'm assuming that the motor will need work and the floors and carpet need to be replaced as well as some other minor stuff just to get it back on the water, For this winter though I plan on keeping it at my parent's farm in the barn and will do most of the restoration in the spring of 2020.
Does anyone have any other suggestions as to what I might need to investigate for possible problems?