AChotrod
Petty Officer 1st Class
- Joined
- Aug 25, 2013
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Hi Guys and Gals,
Im pretty new to the site and thought It would be great to hear some ideas on what to do to my new to me boat and share some pics. Its a 80 16.5 Sea Nymph with a 78 Johnson 55 on it. It currently has 4 bench seats, with a side console/Steering wheel. Boat is nice and solid and in pretty good condition with no major dents but has a couple leaky rivets I need to tighten. Engine runs great and with 2 people has hit 37mph which to me is pretty quick in this little thing.
Well I got it home and already fixed it up a little more to my tastes but want to redo the inside and redo the paint inside and out. I just did a quick little rattle can job on the topside and add on's for the rest of this year. I would like to pull the center bench, deck the floor add a couple pedestal seats in the center and a casting deck upfront and some kind of storage under it. Still not sure what to do with the rear bench.
Really not sure how I should go about this. Easy way seems just plywood over the front benches take out the center bench, weld in some alum cross braces and plywood over that. Problem is I dont have a TIG and Im not convinced how good it would look. I want it to look legit when Im done.
Or Do I just leave it alone and repaint the thing and call it a day.
Thanks for any input and here she is!
Mike
When I got it home
after a little tlc new paint, seat ropes, etc.
Since then I added another seat next to mine a fish locator and put in a bilge pump.
Im pretty new to the site and thought It would be great to hear some ideas on what to do to my new to me boat and share some pics. Its a 80 16.5 Sea Nymph with a 78 Johnson 55 on it. It currently has 4 bench seats, with a side console/Steering wheel. Boat is nice and solid and in pretty good condition with no major dents but has a couple leaky rivets I need to tighten. Engine runs great and with 2 people has hit 37mph which to me is pretty quick in this little thing.
Well I got it home and already fixed it up a little more to my tastes but want to redo the inside and redo the paint inside and out. I just did a quick little rattle can job on the topside and add on's for the rest of this year. I would like to pull the center bench, deck the floor add a couple pedestal seats in the center and a casting deck upfront and some kind of storage under it. Still not sure what to do with the rear bench.
Really not sure how I should go about this. Easy way seems just plywood over the front benches take out the center bench, weld in some alum cross braces and plywood over that. Problem is I dont have a TIG and Im not convinced how good it would look. I want it to look legit when Im done.
Or Do I just leave it alone and repaint the thing and call it a day.
Thanks for any input and here she is!
Mike
When I got it home
after a little tlc new paint, seat ropes, etc.
Since then I added another seat next to mine a fish locator and put in a bilge pump.
Putting the seat on the bench infront of the other seats. That way I can use the front and rear to cast off of.