1977 Sylvan Sea Monster Side Console Rebuild

[sphelps]

Wow! Looks like the boat kinda saved the car and the corner of the house!
Glad you came out unharmed with just hopefully minor damage to the boat ....

 

[Watermann]

Oh man, talk about lucky! Plenty of opportunity for disaster there.

 

[mickyryan]

if it still floats thats ya sign ! glad no one was hurt!

 

[oldrem]

Not a good start to the weekend.

High winds overnight brought down two more trees, this time crashing through the
custom curved fence around the pool area. Grandson Daniel and I designed and built that
8 years ago one picket at a time to achieve the flowing height variations and curves.

Really feeling depressed now.

 

[kcassells]

Geez Rem...that's a bummer! Dang! Shot please! Double.

 

[sphelps]

Dang ! I guess there is a few bright spots .. No one hurt .. It didnt land on the metal fence or the pool . And ya got 8 good years out of a wood fence ..Could be worse .. Still a bummer though ...

 

[mickyryan]

time to move to florida!

 

[oldrem]

I set aside the entire day yesterday to finally tackle cleaning my work shop so I could actually use it for something other than a storage room.

One thing I managed to locate was the original capacity plate. I thought it was lost for good, and had a new one produced last Summer.

I used the specs show by iBoats and had the plate made for 40hp Max. I was shocked to find the original plate from Sylvan says 60hp! Dang, I could have 20 more hp ! Sad thing is there were a lot of 50 to 60 hp motors available when I was looking, but was sure I was limited to the 40

 

[mickyryan]

well now, it appears you need to start looking for a 60 !
and id remake that plate too !
if its good for a 60 ... 90 wouldn't be out of the question would it ?

 

[kcassells]

More fun times to come!

 

[Woodonglass]

Looks like you been doing some Paul Bunyan work!!!

 

[oldrem]

Looks like you been doing some Paul Bunyan work!!!

Waiting for Spring to do most of it Mike.

Glad to see you back! Where ya been?

 

[mickyryan]

man , I;am so glad i no longer have to worry about falling trees lol

 

[Woodonglass]

Waiting for Spring to do most of it Mike.

Glad to see you back! Where ya been?

Had some Neck/Back issues, Then Bronchitis and the GrandKids are running me ragged. My 14year old Granddaughter is a GREAT Volleyball player so I travel with her a lot. Heck I need to get a job so I won't be so Busy!!!

 

[appleo]

Nothing like a "freshened" old aluminum boat . IMO It's akin to gettin new underwear....,

Strong work!

Lol .....A backwards steering rack seems to be a common snafu.

So if the steering wheel is fully clockwise. should the cable rod be fully extended or retracted?

 

[appleo]

Nothing like a "freshened" old aluminum boat . IMO It's akin to gettin new underwear....,

Strong work!

Lol .....A backwards steering rack seems to be a common snafu.

So if the steering wheel is fully clockwise. should the cable rod be fully extended or retracted?

 

[oldrem]

So if the steering wheel is fully clockwise. should the cable rod be fully extended or retracted?

If your cable is on the common starboard side, clockwise would push the cable to the most extended position.