axeslinger1957
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- Aug 28, 2008
- Messages
- 157
Hi. I've been lurking here for about a month, which is when I bought a used boat/outboard/trailer package. I've been on it, driven it, had a kind of "training course" on it and plan really to only practice loading it, unloading it and maybe go fishing once or twice before I store it for the winter.
The outboard, with the help of a lead I found here, is a 70-hp Evinrude which I discovered was made in 1978. It runs great. No problems there.
The boat itself is rather unusual. The title indicates it's a 1990 Sears. At each side of the stern, it has kind of a stylized SR logo and the manufacturer's plate by the throttle indicates it's a Sears. I wasted an hour on the phone with Sears trying to find something out about the boat. I failed utterly. Some digging around on the net led me to the "fiberglassics" web site. I found out that MFG built boats for Sears, and checked out some pictures. My boat looks an awful lot like an MFG Edinboro from the 1968-1973 period. It has a deep-V hull and it looks like the hull has a lapstrake effect under the gunwales. This is as far as I've gotten... except for one more tantalizing clue. In the process of trying to adjust the compass, I broke it. When I looked at it, I discovered the compass was an Airline, manufactured in April of 1968. Maybe I'm on to something... This is the only thing that has ever been mounted in that spot, although I realize there's no guarantee it came that way from whoever actually built it.
Might anyone have any clues to help me determine the age of my boat? It doesn't really affect anything, I'd just like to know.
Thanks!
The outboard, with the help of a lead I found here, is a 70-hp Evinrude which I discovered was made in 1978. It runs great. No problems there.
The boat itself is rather unusual. The title indicates it's a 1990 Sears. At each side of the stern, it has kind of a stylized SR logo and the manufacturer's plate by the throttle indicates it's a Sears. I wasted an hour on the phone with Sears trying to find something out about the boat. I failed utterly. Some digging around on the net led me to the "fiberglassics" web site. I found out that MFG built boats for Sears, and checked out some pictures. My boat looks an awful lot like an MFG Edinboro from the 1968-1973 period. It has a deep-V hull and it looks like the hull has a lapstrake effect under the gunwales. This is as far as I've gotten... except for one more tantalizing clue. In the process of trying to adjust the compass, I broke it. When I looked at it, I discovered the compass was an Airline, manufactured in April of 1968. Maybe I'm on to something... This is the only thing that has ever been mounted in that spot, although I realize there's no guarantee it came that way from whoever actually built it.
Might anyone have any clues to help me determine the age of my boat? It doesn't really affect anything, I'd just like to know.
Thanks!
