1980 Sea Nymph SS 165 Rebuild

[jasoutside]

Alllllrighty! Somehow this Sea Nymph found it's way right on over to my place. I think it's awesome!

(I had kind of a bad accident last night with one of my sandwich handlers, so I'm just working with the lefty now. It's going to take me a bit to get this thread caught up to current.)

She's a 1980 and 16' long with a fat 6' (almost 7' at midships) beam, like it!

 

[jasoutside]

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[jasoutside]

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[jasoutside]

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[dozerII]

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Wow thats a great find Jason, do tell the story!!, And you say you don't have MBS as bad or worse than me, ya right.
Glen

 

[jigngrub]

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Oh great, another dumping ground for tsunami debri!

Seriously, that is a sweet boat that needs to be shown some love and she should look real nice when you get done with her... unless you decide to do another HACK JOB!


What's up with the sammich handler?... a run-in with Mr. Pillowpants?

 

[jasoutside]

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OK, on the boat - I was looking for a 9.9 short shaft for the SmokerCraft and, well, came up with this! I have no reasonable/logical explanation for how that happened:facepalm:

The fella was asking $1800 with an old Merc 50 on it so I...

...and hooked it up for 400 bux (left the Merc behind)

I cannot tell if if it's a Fishing Machine or a Fish & Ski. It seems to be sort of a hybrid of the two models so we are just going to call it a SS 165 as it's identified on the data plate.

The hull is in absolutely excellent condition! The trailer is super solid all around. The whole interior is shot. The transom is total mulch (can't believe there was an outboard bolted to it).

This boat is HEAVY!!!!! Weighs a ton! Why? Plywood is soaked, and, there is a specific kind of flotation sub deck that loves water - more on that later. I cannot even lift either end of this boat off the trailer it's so stinkin heavy.

I am amped about this project, it's going to be fun and I have high hopes for the results. My plan at the moment is to just slowly pick away at the demo work and then go to rebuild mode over the winter.

 

[rheagler]

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Cool find. I dig the hubcaps on the trailer.. The boat is pretty neat too, but it even looks heavy in the pics. Have fun with it!

 

[jigngrub]

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Just set 'er out in the sun for a few days and everything will dry out and firm up (including the transom), just like the glass boats that are bought to "use this summer, and restore this winter".

 

[GT1000000]

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Nice! I definitely see a theme developing here...one or two from every decade...hmmm cool concept...

Wadya do to the wingtip??? It'll all grow back, I hope...

 

[Bob_VT]

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All I see in those pictures........................

POTENTIAL!!!

 

[jasoutside]

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grub - that Merc would have absolutely tore off had somebody try to run it. Scary

GT - Well, put it to ya this way - grinders with thin metal cutting wheels are great for slicing up glass boats. They are equally effective on soft/fleshy hands

Bob - Totally agree! I think I am going to have a tough time deciding the layout of this boat. At this length/width I really have tons of options, should make for a great platform to build from

 

[TundraRocks]

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Nice find can't wait to see what you do with this one. You're making me go nuts trying to find out which thread to follow. Hope that hand feels better soon. Looking forward to the next thread .

 

[TruckDrivingFool]

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1. Sucks about the hand.:redface:

2. Nice score.

3. So no fishing this weekend?:facepalm:

4. You know you have to name it Option B? Right?

 

[Teamster]

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Where are yous gonna put the battery???

Man-o-man, Yous sure like building boats!!!!

This will be another fun one to watch,....

I'm thinking I would lose the bass boat style read deck to open things up, Lose the comfy seating in the front to put in a solid casting deck with under deck rod storage,..

What's the max HP listed for it??

Hope your hand gets better dude,.......

 

[InMotion]

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Great find man! Loads of potential... should be interesting as always to follow along with this rebuild.

Hope your hand heals quickly.

 

[jasoutside]

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Nice find can't wait to see what you do with this one.

You and me both

1. Sucks about the hand

Actually, I always pick my nose with my left hand so all is not lost

I'm thinking I would lose the bass boat style read deck to open things up

What's the max HP listed for it??

Agreed, there is way too much structure in there. I won't be putting that much back in.

90

Great find man! Loads of potential... should be interesting as always to follow along with this rebuild.

Hope your hand heals quickly.

Thanks IM!

 

[Teamster]

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It's cool you found one that needs repair,....

Every one of the deep v aluminum bass style boats I have seen around here is in good shape and the asking price reflects it, I would love to tear one apart and make it right,.....lol,....But only if I got it CHEAP,.....

With a 90 that should shiit and get!!!

 

[jasoutside]

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K, some shots of the SN coming home...

The kiddos love exploring new boats I haul home.

Check this out, Jen even said...

"Hey, I like this boat. It's really cool!"

Friends, that there is a very special day!!!!

 

[jasoutside]

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Then I started to pull stuff out. After about an hour...

The plywood was soaked and weighed a ton!

Yup, that's right, a whole lot of it!

FOAM!!! SOAKED!!!! I'll have more to say about this later.