I bought a 17' Lund Pro Sport late last summer and it's on a bunk trailer. When launching on my property, the water is sometimes not quite deep enough to float it off the bunks which makes for a difficult launch. I believe a roller setup would make launching a lot easier, but after years of...
Last year I was looking for an aluminum bow rider that had seats (not a platform) in the bow area, not the most common. I found the best guide for determining values was to shop my brains out online. I did this for two months last summer and in August found a used 1997 Lund Pro Sport 17 with a...
I would consider it tacky on the part of the marina to add a charge for "Christmas staff fund" and than actually itemize it on your bill. --insert eye-rolling imoji here.--
There's no easy way to tarp a boat on a slip...I mean, it's not like you can walk around it to do the snaps. You may find that you prefer keeping it on the trailer. I keep my 17' Lund on a Shoredocker ramp which resembles a boat trailer without wheels. Crank it up onthe ramp, tarp it. Not to...
Flat bottom will always be faster than a V, but this is only on the plane which you can't do with 4 hp. A V takes more power to get up on the plane but rides smoother. Almost all 12-14' open boats are flat bottom even though, for some reason, the owners/sellers refer to them as "deep V."
It's like anything else--you just have to be reasonably smart about it. I've bought and sold through FB marketplace, ebay, and CL many times over the years with pretty good results. I bought a car on CL which was on the west coast and I'm on the east coast. The biggest challenge was...
OK, I'll respond to my own post as I'm having trouble editing it. I've recently bought a '99 Lund Pro V with a 2013 Suzuki DF70A. The previous owner equipped it with some sort of electronic system (fish finder, engine mgt system, or similar) and the connectors are still on the boat. Are these...
Back in the 60's most boats were flat bottomed and a 40 worked well. If your Sea Nymph is flat bottomed the 40 will work for you, too, but it's probably a medium V which will ride better but will require more power.
I think it's unlikely--not impossible, but unlikely--that you have over 400 lbs of trapped water in an aluminum boat. My seat-of-the-pants feeling is that your problem may be much more simple: Not enough motor for the job. It's a 16 1/2' boat with a modified V hull with a 40 hp jet. This...
