Sea Nymph 17' Deep V.

[jasoutside]

Re: Stripping old carpet glue, and Scrubbing is in my future.

Re: Stripping old carpet glue, and Scrubbing is in my future.

The room would be nice, but I'll mostly be fishing by myself or with one other person. It won't be three until my boys are a little older.
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The other huge disadvantage (almost safety issue) with a tiller is access to the boys. You are glued to that tiller handle while under way. At least with a console you can momentarily let go of a steering wheel if you need to get to one of your boys.

You'll also be at the very back of the boat vs. in the middle with a console. If you need to get to them quick you'll have to shut her down, trip over your tackle and grab em. With a console you can just about reach the whole boat in one step and reach.

I loved my last boat and motor but I was really grumpy and nervous with my tiller for those two reasons.

Now, once the boys (yours and mine) are older it surely becomes less of an issue. Until then, lets take them fishing, eh!

Lon - if you are at all considering a Center Console I have some photos of an excellent rig I can post if you like.

Cheers Man!

 

[LonLB]

Re: Stripping old carpet glue, and Scrubbing is in my future.

Re: Stripping old carpet glue, and Scrubbing is in my future.

Good point jas, in fact the main reason for sticking with a console is for safety concerns.

On top of what you said, I think it would be a pain trying to see around everyone while motoring across the lake. Especially when the wife, and all three boys are in the boat (NO fishing with all them though-unless it's bluegill fishing)


Plus I have a really nice depthfinder now, and no budget to buy another until next year, or late this year. So I can mount it on the console, and still see it while fishing on the bow.
And I have a really nice steering wheel that would cost quite a bit to replace so I may as well use it.

I can always add some storage under the console too.

 

[LonLB]

Gluvit Temperatures

Gluvit Temperatures

Well I bought my Gluvit off E-bay from Wholesale Marine.

$46.23 for the quart size and that includes shipping, so I think I did OK.
For anyone else looking they have 8 or 9 left in that auction.


I'll read the direction on the can, and do some searching, but in the meantime I'd love to hear any tips or ideas, especially when it comes to temperature. I'm curious how warm, and for how long I will have to keep the garage.

 

[LonLB]

Musky livewell

Musky livewell

I've been searching for a livewell for awhile now.....I know I need it to build the front deck around, so it had to happen soon.

So I bought this one. A 51" Livewell. Perfect considering I'm excited to get back to Musky fishing.

Great Lakes skipper was selling them for $80 including free shipping. That was on their EBAY store though. To buy from their site it would have been $97 with the shipping.

 

[LonLB]

Re: Musky livewell

Re: Musky livewell

And a couple questions....

Livewell drain.

Is 3/4" hose enough for the drain?
I saw some "kits" available with a 1" or 1-1/8" drain hose....My glass bassboat I sold had 3/4" drains though....I'm pretty sure the Tracker Deep V had 3/4" drains too.


Also, by it being long like that should I put a spray head at each end of the livewell, or just put one, on one end?

 

[LonLB]

Re: Musky livewell

Re: Musky livewell

Not much progress really.....I have decided to go all the way to bare aluminum and start over.

"Progress"=View attachment 81949View attachment 81950

 

[LonLB]

Re: Musky livewell

Re: Musky livewell

Because of the cold, and the fact I'm ready to start actually making progress, I'm going to be faced with flipping the boat when it is heavy, not stripped down.

I think with two engine hoists and some straps and a couple helpers I'll be able to get it done. Going to flip it with basically all the interior in the boat.

Any tips or ideas on flipping it with most of the interior installed.

The paint stripping is going OK, but the problem is it leaves little spots here and there of paint. And if you just put more stripper on, it's like it dries on instead of affecting the paint.

 

[captainQ]

Re: Musky livewell

Re: Musky livewell

Because of the cold, and the fact I'm ready to start actually making progress, I'm going to be faced with flipping the boat when it is heavy, not stripped down.

I think with two engine hoists and some straps and a couple helpers I'll be able to get it done. Going to flip it with basically all the interior in the boat.

Any tips or ideas on flipping it with most of the interior installed.

The paint stripping is going OK, but the problem is it leaves little spots here and there of paint. And if you just put more stripper on, it's like it dries on instead of affecting the paint.

Hey Lonlb, it looks like you enough of the paint off if you just put alot of wet sand paper to it it'll come clean. We just got done and we had more paint left on than you do. We used 200 grit wet paper and alot of water. It took 10 sheet and 16 hours, ya ton of time but I found it better than useing stripper at this point I had the same issue, last bit of paint really wasn't affected by the stripper.

 

[LonLB]

Lower Unit Question

Lower Unit Question

Hopefully someone actually reads this, so I don't have to post a thread in the engine section....

I got the engine today, and one of the things I checked was to pull the gear case plugs and make sure that it wasn't full of water...Well I didn't get any water, but I wouldn't because it's so cold....I did get a TINY bit of oil out, but it is VERY thick.
It's a 73' so as I understand it, it needs the type C lube which is thinner.

Here is the question......

How should I go about flushing the old crud out, before re-filling with new gear lube?

 

[ezmobee]

Re: Lower Unit Question

Re: Lower Unit Question

What motor are we talking about here? A '73 is not an electric shift so it will not use Type C. You gotta warm that thing up.

 

[LonLB]

Re: Lower Unit Question

Re: Lower Unit Question

A 73' Johnson 65hp.

 

[ezmobee]

Re: Lower Unit Question

Re: Lower Unit Question

Yeah, '73 was the first year of non-electric shift. Regular lower unit gear lube is what you want.

 

[LonLB]

Re: Lower Unit Question

Re: Lower Unit Question

This build is taking a unique turn from this point onward.

It is going to be a tiller. Bought the complete tiller handle setup from someone off Craigslist for $50. Which is an AMAZING deal.

 

[Teamster]

Re: Lower Unit Question

Re: Lower Unit Question

Now there's a twist I did not see coming,.....

 

[jasoutside]

Re: Lower Unit Question

Re: Lower Unit Question

Now there's a twist I did not see coming,.....

Teamster! You finally got somebody to go tiller and that is all we get otta ya??? I'd figure you'd be jmping out of your shorts!

Cheers

 

[Teamster]

Re: Lower Unit Question

Re: Lower Unit Question

Teamster! You finally got somebody to go tiller and that is all we get otta ya??? I'd figure you'd be jmping out of your shorts!

Cheers

I'll be honest,.....As much as a fan of tillers that I am,.....I really like the looks of those old Sea Nymph's,......That was a BIG boat on inland waters in it's heyday,..

Besides it's not going to be a "BIG" tiller,...Only a 65,.....Now if it was a 115 horse Opti I would start to get excited,....lol,..

 

[LonLB]

Re: Lower Unit Question

Re: Lower Unit Question

I'll be honest,.....As much as a fan of tillers that I am,.....I really like the looks of those old Sea Nymph's,......That was a BIG boat on inland waters in it's heyday,..

Besides it's not going to be a "BIG" tiller,...Only a 65,.....Now if it was a 115 horse Opti I would start to get excited,....lol,..

At some point I might go bigger. But I would need to be able to buy those tiller power steering setups which are really expensive.
A 90hp with powersteering would be nice. Maybe 115.


I think having a tiller will open up a bunch of space. Not only because of the lack of a console, but the room a pedastal and seat takes up. Place I'll be able to modify the layout to give more room, and more storage.

The biggest obstacle witll be the splash well, but I'm going to do a combination of shortening it, and lowering it.



One of the advantages to this motor, is that It should idle down and troll well. Once I get the boat done, and motor running well, I'm going to add a set of Boyeson reeds to it, which aren't expensive and supposedly make starting and idling much smoother.

 

[LonLB]

Re: Lower Unit Question

Re: Lower Unit Question

I had to pull the boat out of the garage and the Bronco in, to do some work to it....Got the boat back in sat....I've got a pretty decent supply of "stuff" so far and am getting excited to start clicking away.

5 sheets 3/4" Exterior Ply
two sheets, 1/2" ply for patterns or side panels
6 sheets 2" thick foam board insulation
4 taperlock pedestal bases.
One fixed pedestal
Minn Kota Powerdrive V2 54lb thrust bow mount.
Built in gas tank
Perko gas fill
a pretty cool steering wheel
Automatic trim tabs (like an older version of Smart Tabs)
A kicker motor bracket
65hp Johnson Engine.
50" long livewell
Livewell plumbing parts.

Probably some other stuff.


I have spring fever in a BAD WAY

 

[mark mcj]

Re: Musky livewell

Re: Musky livewell

Have you decided where you're going to put the livewell?

I'm doing pretty much the same to a 17 foot Smoker.
I want to put a 42 to 50 inch livewell in it but only have 7 or 8 inches from the current deck to the ribs and I don't want to add any height to the deck.

I've been searching for a livewell for awhile now.....I know I need it to build the front deck around, so it had to happen soon.

So I bought this one. A 51" Livewell. Perfect considering I'm excited to get back to Musky fishing.

Great Lakes skipper was selling them for $80 including free shipping. That was on their EBAY store though. To buy from their site it would have been $97 with the shipping.View attachment 81165

 

[LonLB]

Re: Musky livewell

Re: Musky livewell

Have you decided where you're going to put the livewell?

I'm doing pretty much the same to a 17 foot Smoker.
I want to put a 42 to 50 inch livewell in it but only have 7 or 8 inches from the current deck to the ribs and I don't want to add any height to the deck.

On this one, my deck is high enough to run it across the deck, at the back of the deck.
I've since decided to convert this boat to a tiller, and that is going to change up my layout quite a bit. I'm going to add the livewell lenght wise on the side of the boat. Not sure the port or starboard side. I'm thinking it will be on the starboard side, running from the back of the deck, along the side through the area where the console was.