BlueGhost93
Petty Officer 2nd Class
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- Oct 15, 2013
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Hi all. I have a new to me 1979 14' V hull sea nymph. I plan on using it here at the lakes with my 6hp outboard with 3 gallon tank and then in the bay and cruising to the kelp beds here in San Diego with my 18hp evinrude with 6 gallon tank. Now when I got this boat the previous owner didn't know a lot about it. He merely used it as a boat for he and his buddies and took really good care of it. it seems to only have one accident spot where it looks like a rock split a 6" seam in the bottom rivet line and then someone re welded it back up so now you only see a dimple on the outside and a tiny bit of messy welding on the inside. Other then that its been painted white on the upper half and the seats are original and still have all their foam in them and intact.
I filled it up with about 2 feet of water and found a few leaky areas. What I did was went around with some west systems Six 10 epoxy (aka boat in a bottle) and filled in all the leaky seams and around the leaky rivets. The Guys at west marine said this would last way longer then even re riveting and would be a lot stronger.... Guess ill find out.
What I plan on doing is adding a bait tank, a storage cabinet with cutting board on top and somewhere having a fish finder station where ill have my FF mounted and my handheld VHF with a few cup holders etc. Ive always dreamed about a 19' center console bay boat. And as a college student that isn't happening for awhile so ima make this little guy into the smaller version of what I want later. For the bait tank I have a vittles vault dog food bin that ill modify. Im still working on other stuff. I ordered a bow and stern light so if I fish at dark im good to go. I also got some marine paint from home depot that's made by rustoleum. Ill have the bottom of the inside gray, upper half and seats will be white, exterior bottom will stay natural silver, and then a short streak of white then blue the rest of the way up. Also on the interior I was thinking of adding a deck made of ply wood but low just off the bottom enough to get rid of the V/U contour of the bottom of the boat, also so any water that seeps into the boat stayes under the removable floor boards ive designed in my head. Im also thinking of doing a outdoor carpet over the wood.
Now here are my questions.
1) What is the max weight load?
2) Max HP rating
3) Anyone have pics of a v hull 14' that was modified with decks or bait tanks? (ocean worth not bass boat top heavy kind)
4) Any way to make more buoyant?
5) Any way to make more stable?
Any and all comments, pics or recommendations are accepted
I filled it up with about 2 feet of water and found a few leaky areas. What I did was went around with some west systems Six 10 epoxy (aka boat in a bottle) and filled in all the leaky seams and around the leaky rivets. The Guys at west marine said this would last way longer then even re riveting and would be a lot stronger.... Guess ill find out.
What I plan on doing is adding a bait tank, a storage cabinet with cutting board on top and somewhere having a fish finder station where ill have my FF mounted and my handheld VHF with a few cup holders etc. Ive always dreamed about a 19' center console bay boat. And as a college student that isn't happening for awhile so ima make this little guy into the smaller version of what I want later. For the bait tank I have a vittles vault dog food bin that ill modify. Im still working on other stuff. I ordered a bow and stern light so if I fish at dark im good to go. I also got some marine paint from home depot that's made by rustoleum. Ill have the bottom of the inside gray, upper half and seats will be white, exterior bottom will stay natural silver, and then a short streak of white then blue the rest of the way up. Also on the interior I was thinking of adding a deck made of ply wood but low just off the bottom enough to get rid of the V/U contour of the bottom of the boat, also so any water that seeps into the boat stayes under the removable floor boards ive designed in my head. Im also thinking of doing a outdoor carpet over the wood.
Now here are my questions.
1) What is the max weight load?
2) Max HP rating
3) Anyone have pics of a v hull 14' that was modified with decks or bait tanks? (ocean worth not bass boat top heavy kind)
4) Any way to make more buoyant?
5) Any way to make more stable?
Any and all comments, pics or recommendations are accepted
