Thought I might introduce myself as I will probably be asking a whole bunch of questions.
I am 50, a disabled vet, retired since 1992. Grew up fishing with my brother but never owned a boat myself. Moved down here to Tennessee from Ohio and live about 5 minutes from Tims Ford lake, 20 minutes to Woods Reservoir and maybe a half hour to Normandy.
I have had the itch for a while to get a boat and finally scrapped up a deal so I could get one. It is a Dynasty 190 Fish and Ski with a OMC 4.3L, paid $1100.00 for it. Previous owner replaced the flooring, did not know enough to ask about the stringers. I am going to take for granted he did replace them if they needed it as he did a real nice job on the floor. Came with a 24 volt foot controlled trolling motor. Took it out to the lake the 1st day I bought it (it was in the fifties so plenty warm enough). He said it had not been started for a couple of months, which is understandable since it was December. Backed her into the lake, cranked it over and it took about 5 seconds and she roared to life. Had a long idle to get out of the no wake zone (maybe a 1/4 mile) and opened her up - ran great. Loved it. Very smooth ride and much quieter then I am used to as I have always been in boats with an outboard motor. Nice smooth even wake. Loved everything about it.
I did notice though that there was quite a bit of water coming into the bilge. Had to pretty much keep turning on the bilge pumps (it has 2) every 10-15 minutes. Water never came up to touch the engine as I was pumping it that much.
So now that I know I really, really like the boat, I am going to try to actually repair it the right way.
On closer inspection, noticed the front engine mounts were sunken in, so they are shot and need replaced. I plan to pull the engine and repair that plus check out the transom to see if there is any wood rot in there. It sounds solid as heck, but it does have some stress cracks on the bottom below the outdrive, so probably a good chance I need replace it. I would love to use Seacast (which I just learned of this week, but finances will probably dictate I use fiberglassed plywood.
Going to build an A-frame hoist out of wood to lift the engine. Just ordered an OMC alignment tool.
I am a jack of all trades, master of none and have pretty much always repaired my own cars except for the electronics. Biggest thing for me is learning the names of everything and where it is located.
Going to try to get it in my garage so I will be warmer while working on it, but going to have to rearrange it to get the boat to fit.
If all the repairs go as planned, I also plan to paint the boat by next fall. Of course since they say gas will be going up to $5.00 a gallon this year, good chance I will not be hitting top speed much (I had it up to 38 mph). For me it will be used mainly for fishing, but my daughter-in-law loves boats, tubing etc, which is why I like this boat because it will fit everyone in when needed, but still has the fishing platforms.
No pics of it because it is covered and kind of a pain to get the cover back on.
Any how, my life story and a warning to be prepared for a bunch of some times stupid questions. I learn rather quickly when someone is showing me how to do it, not quite so fast when I am reading it and figuring it out on my own. I will apologize up front for the questions to come, and also thank you ahead of time for your patience and knowledge.
Just know I am going to give her my best effort and you will have a hand in it's restoration......
I am 50, a disabled vet, retired since 1992. Grew up fishing with my brother but never owned a boat myself. Moved down here to Tennessee from Ohio and live about 5 minutes from Tims Ford lake, 20 minutes to Woods Reservoir and maybe a half hour to Normandy.
I have had the itch for a while to get a boat and finally scrapped up a deal so I could get one. It is a Dynasty 190 Fish and Ski with a OMC 4.3L, paid $1100.00 for it. Previous owner replaced the flooring, did not know enough to ask about the stringers. I am going to take for granted he did replace them if they needed it as he did a real nice job on the floor. Came with a 24 volt foot controlled trolling motor. Took it out to the lake the 1st day I bought it (it was in the fifties so plenty warm enough). He said it had not been started for a couple of months, which is understandable since it was December. Backed her into the lake, cranked it over and it took about 5 seconds and she roared to life. Had a long idle to get out of the no wake zone (maybe a 1/4 mile) and opened her up - ran great. Loved it. Very smooth ride and much quieter then I am used to as I have always been in boats with an outboard motor. Nice smooth even wake. Loved everything about it.
I did notice though that there was quite a bit of water coming into the bilge. Had to pretty much keep turning on the bilge pumps (it has 2) every 10-15 minutes. Water never came up to touch the engine as I was pumping it that much.
So now that I know I really, really like the boat, I am going to try to actually repair it the right way.
On closer inspection, noticed the front engine mounts were sunken in, so they are shot and need replaced. I plan to pull the engine and repair that plus check out the transom to see if there is any wood rot in there. It sounds solid as heck, but it does have some stress cracks on the bottom below the outdrive, so probably a good chance I need replace it. I would love to use Seacast (which I just learned of this week, but finances will probably dictate I use fiberglassed plywood.
Going to build an A-frame hoist out of wood to lift the engine. Just ordered an OMC alignment tool.
I am a jack of all trades, master of none and have pretty much always repaired my own cars except for the electronics. Biggest thing for me is learning the names of everything and where it is located.
Going to try to get it in my garage so I will be warmer while working on it, but going to have to rearrange it to get the boat to fit.
If all the repairs go as planned, I also plan to paint the boat by next fall. Of course since they say gas will be going up to $5.00 a gallon this year, good chance I will not be hitting top speed much (I had it up to 38 mph). For me it will be used mainly for fishing, but my daughter-in-law loves boats, tubing etc, which is why I like this boat because it will fit everyone in when needed, but still has the fishing platforms.
No pics of it because it is covered and kind of a pain to get the cover back on.
Any how, my life story and a warning to be prepared for a bunch of some times stupid questions. I learn rather quickly when someone is showing me how to do it, not quite so fast when I am reading it and figuring it out on my own. I will apologize up front for the questions to come, and also thank you ahead of time for your patience and knowledge.
Just know I am going to give her my best effort and you will have a hand in it's restoration......
