1988 Sea Nymph GLS - 17'

[duncan5456]

Re: 1988 Sea Nymph GLS - 17'

boat looks great loved watching the video.
thanks for sharing

 

[Pmccraney]

Re: 1988 Sea Nymph GLS - 17'

Way to go, super nice video, thanks for sharing that. Be proud!

Thanks, my friend. Really appreciate it.

CONGRATULATIONS on a very successful splash Patrick!!! :hail:

What an AWESOME fishing boat! You guys are going to make a lifetime of memories on it!

Little Man's "Splash Dance" says it all!! :thumb:

EDIT: Johnny sounds AMAZING!!

Thanks, you were definitely a huge help in getting the motor running right. And, the "splash dance" though funny is not original... He was copying "Tons of Funk" (his favorite WWE tag team wrestlers):

Hey where are the CG approved spider man pj's ? Must of out grew um !

Oh, man, going way back there S.P. Too funny... Yep... you are one of the old guard that remembers that...

boat looks great loved watching the video.
thanks for sharing

Thanks Duncan; appreciate the kind words...

 

[rrumba]

Re: 1988 Sea Nymph GLS - 17'

sweet success there PMC. Congrats on the SPLASH!!!!!! Now it's fun time........ Get her all ready for the winter and make a trip with her over here for Striper on the fly season

Man have i got to get mine done. Darn you for the buggy whip...... :facepalm:

 

[classiccat]

Re: 1988 Sea Nymph GLS - 17'

...And, the "splash dance" though funny is not original... He was copying "Tons of Funk" (his favorite WWE tag team wrestlers):

That motor work was all you man...just needed a little nudge here-and-there!

Thanks for Video! I have (and will need) all winter to practice :lol:

 

[m casey stock]

Re: 1988 Sea Nymph GLS - 17'

That's great my friend! Wish I could have been there instead of in this hot shop working my booty off :joyous: My little project has been on hold and it's about to kill me to get back on it. :mad-new: Hopefully soon I can get back on schedule and find time to finish her up. Thanks for posting all the great pictures and the splash video. It's been a joy to follow you along in your journey.

 

[ShowMeGuy]

Re: 1988 Sea Nymph GLS - 17'

SKEW! Very good... That motor sounds to be running like a TOP!

 

[850Merc]

Re: 1988 Sea Nymph GLS - 17'

Wow!! I can't believe I missed this? Congratulations PMC great job on the boat and the video. Very nice boat and family you have there.

 

[glnbnz]

Re: 1988 Sea Nymph GLS - 17'

Yes so very cool. Thanks for the video and enjoy that boat now

 

[bear_69cuda]

Re: 1988 Sea Nymph GLS - 17'

Brutha PMC!

Super stoked for you!

Great times ahead!

Awesome work my man!

Peace!

 

[Pmccraney]

Re: 1988 Sea Nymph GLS - 17'

That's great my friend! Wish I could have been there instead of in this hot shop working my booty off :joyous: My little project has been on hold and it's about to kill me to get back on it. :mad-new: Hopefully soon I can get back on schedule and find time to finish her up. Thanks for posting all the great pictures and the splash video. It's been a joy to follow you along in your journey.

Wow!! I can't believe I missed this? Congratulations PMC great job on the boat and the video. Very nice boat and family you have there.

SKEW! Very good... That motor sounds to be running like a TOP!

Yes so very cool. Thanks for the video and enjoy that boat now

Brutha PMC!

Super stoked for you!

Great times ahead!

Awesome work my man!

Peace!

Guys: Many thanks for the kind words above. I appreciate you following along and cheering me along. Still not to the finish line quite yet, but it does feel good to know that I can go drop my boat in the water when I start getting garage-fever.

hope everyone has a great weekend!

Peace +
~PMC

 

[jasoutside]

Re: 1988 Sea Nymph GLS - 17'

Just made my way back from the lake and caught your video buddy, AWESOME!!!:joyous:

That outboard sounds like she's running real nice and I loved the happy captain shot at the end there, fantastic!!:thumb:

 

[Pmccraney]

Re: 1988 Sea Nymph GLS - 17'

Alrighty, small update:

Given that I have depleted my funds (and the extortionate cost of bow-mounted trolling motors), I figured I would have to live with the old "minn kota all terrain" that came with the boat. It had a crack in the control box cover (and was missing the "directional arrow"), but I thought I could live with it... However, when attempting to mount it, the control box cover quickly disintegrated into about 4 pieces (there was also nice-sized, but thankfully vacant, wasp nest in there):



So, my first reaction was that the motor was toast. So, I went and priced new trolling motors and after getting sticker shock once again I did a little googling for trolling motor parts and found a good supplier; So, instead of dropping $500 on a new motor, I got this part for about $50.00 (it came in a kit with new directional arrow, new little gear shims, a new light, etc...):



Here are the new guts greased up and going in:



Re-engineered one of those quick release mounts to fit my older-model motor (tricky install, had to shim it up a bit and got 5200 everywhere in the process):



And wallah - we have a bow mounted trolling motor:



That comes off in 2 seconds with the simple removal of the quick release pin:

 

[jasoutside]

Re: 1988 Sea Nymph GLS - 17'

Bow mount trolling motors are silly expensive - excellent bottom feeder ingenuity man!:thumb:

 

[850Merc]

Re: 1988 Sea Nymph GLS - 17'

I love to see old things fixed and reused, good job on the trolling motor. $50 sounds just right to me. I helped a friend sells his small plastic boat and he gave me to his trolling motor (probably quite a bit older than what you have there). I intend to use it too.

 

[jbcurt00]

Re: 1988 Sea Nymph GLS - 17'

Nice work... Good job running down a low cost vendor

 

[GT1000000]

Re: 1988 Sea Nymph GLS - 17'

Excellent refurbish on a bottom feeder friendly budget, and with the new top section, no one would ever know you didn't pop for a brand new unit...
Uber Nice!:thumb:

 

[ShowMeGuy]

Re: 1988 Sea Nymph GLS - 17'

Excellent refurbish on a bottom feeder friendly budget, and with the new top section, no one would ever know you didn't pop for a brand new unit...
Uber Nice!:thumb:

YUP! make everyone else think that it's new at the dock.. Along with all the other refirbed stuff on the Nymph... Great job on the troller.. Hopefully it'll pull you around like you wanted.... If not.. i'm sure you'd be able to get you 50 bucks outta it..

 

[Teamster]

Re: 1988 Sea Nymph GLS - 17'

Trolling motor looks great!!!

I forget,.............................


Have you decided where your gonna put the batteries??????????????????????????

 

[glnbnz]

Re: 1988 Sea Nymph GLS - 17'

Nice work on the Trolling Motor. I too like to see things fixed up and used

 

[Pmccraney]

Re: 1988 Sea Nymph GLS - 17'

Thanks Guys: I did some additional clean-up on the unit last night, and its really starting to clean-up nicely!

Its only 33# pound thrust (so I know I will want and need more power at some point), but this should provide enough go-go juice for some limited trolling until I can replenish the money tree.

Its got a little transducer mount already on it, so I think I am just going to get a really low-end fish/depth finder for use while trolling, and then get a nicer unit one day (GPS, Sonar, Down Imaging) for my "control center" at the helm.

Weather permitting, I may try and take little man out fishing tomorrow a.m. Its a horrible time of year for it (hot as carp and the fish are generally lethargic and inactive), but maybe we can trick a couple of bass into biting very early in the morning before they hunker down.