identify 2003 sylvan

[yourkiddin]

anywhere i can go to look at older model sylvans. i will explain it maybe someone has same boat. they tell me its 18 ft long. it looks kinda like a bass tracker, the hull shape i mean. its just green basically a jon boat with a side stearing console. its got a front deck with a pedestal and trolloing motor. rest of it is open. has a 75 mercury on it. the front is a semi v like the tracker 185. has no rear deck. its got two rectangular boxes on both sides of boat. cant open then up. no lids. looks as if you could lay marine grade plywood on top of them and make a rear casting deck. sorry i have no pic.

 

[yourkiddin]

Re: identify 2003 sylvan

few of you read but problably couldn't help, this is what i found. i think it a smoker craft 18 sport fisherman. but all the owners paper work says sylvan

 

[ezmobee]

Re: identify 2003 sylvan

Starcraft, Smokercraft, Sylvan and possibly a few others were all started by the same family. The boats are very similar.

 

[yourkiddin]

Re: identify 2003 sylvan

well i bought the boat tonight. i have not slept a wink. its now 5:19 in the morning. not long now. all i can find on this hull is a sticker that says made in oregon. it also says on sticker american angler series. and i cant find a picture of this thing anywhere. closest i come is a 1860 jon. its 7 feet wide with a console though.

 

[ziggy]

Re: identify 2003 sylvan

congrats on your new boat man.

all i can find on this hull is a sticker that says made in oregon.

look on the transom on the starboard side. there should be a number that starts with 3 digits and likely ends with 2 numbers. the 3 letters will indicate what mfg. the last two digits will indicate what year... this only applies to boats made in 73 and after. 72 may have and may not. my 72 does not. but after 72 it's required to have the number...
ps. look the whole transom over. my number on my '75 is on the transom, but located right above the drive in the middle of my boat..