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Posted the pictures of my custom made Sea Nymph many months back after I completed the project.The boat is used at least twice a week having a girlfriend that would rather be on the boat than go to the Mall.(yes,a keeper for 13 years now). Saw an old helm wheel on ebay and decided to bid on it...
My 1989 Evenrude 9.9 2 stroke always has an excessive amount of oil on the plugs. Just changed the reed valves and still has a slight "popping" sound at idle. Installed a 15hp carb and Boyeson two stage reeds and still pops a little at idle.Only ran it with the muffs but will try it out in water...
When the VA delivered my wheelchair I thought my boating and fishing days were done. I knew there would be no more sailboats and large fishing boats.Since I can still stand I decided to go back to a small boat that we could use to fish on the Intercoastal.(my girlfriend would rather be on the...
Got an idle problem with my 9.9 Evenrude. Started out with a carb problem and re-built it and it ran fine, A few days later had a hard time starting and setting the idle. Pulled the plugs and noticed they were wet. Changed plugs and it ran fine until I tried to re-start again. Same problem-wet...
After I removed the stripe decals on the sea nymph I am re-doing I repaced it with the originsl design using Rust Oleum oil based paint with the hardener from Tractor Supply and the primer was Rust Oleum topside for bare metal. Now I would like to paint a small area just below the stripes. This...
