NEW PROJECT - Boat content inside
Well.. Where to start. I bought my little jon boat a couple of months back and never got around to working on it. It sat in the yard all cleaned up and ready for a tear down, but time was always lacking. I started a thread about a month back about my jacked up Ford getting shot up on WMA land. I finally got the insurance money in about 10 days ago. For about a month my wife and I had been looking for a project boat. We wanted something that was 16-19' in length, was a bowrider setup, and was cheap. We had decided that interior, minor mechanical, and cosmetic details were not as important as something that floated, ran, and was cheap.
We came across this boat on the macon craigslist. It had a not very descriptive post with an even worse looking picture. I emailed the guy and made arrangements to pick it up.
1980's Sebring 16' 8" Ski Boat
85hp force outboard
Only thing I new about the boat when I got it was that it needed to be re-wired as there have been 2 different motors on the boat and there was 3 different wiring harness' on it. There was also misc wires for speakers, cig outlets, etc.. I pulled all the wires off the boat. Salvaged the most complete harness and went to work. Got everything cleaned up and ready to go.
Next I pulled out all the seats and side carpet. My wife and I had decided that we wanted to put all new carpet in the boat. Once it was gutted I soaked the carpet with water/purple power/greased lightning and pressure washed it clean. It was atleast cleaner. I had half a case of spray can interior dye laying in the garage from another project and decided to give it a shot. We want to wait on ordering carpet because we might go another direction with the floor on this boat. Building seats/ sun deck etc and didnt want to waste teh money right now. I have the side carpet all cleaned and ready to be spray glued back in.
Next we tackeled the boat seats. We bought some WISE boat seats from bass pro. We bought the middle level of seat because we had heard bad things about the cheap ones. I painted the fiberglass seat pedestals black and put new swivels under the buckets.
Next we bought all the necessary misc bs/safety/fuel/etc.. crap from Bass Pro tonight and spent about $350. We bought a new jack for the trailer. Rear pole white light, flare gun and flares, floating whistle, 2 good ski/wakeboard life jackets, 3 cheap orange safety life jackets, 1 floating cushion, cheap first aid kit, floatable locking waterproof toolbox looking thingy, fire extinguisher, and some other little odds and ends. We are going to try and get the boat in the water tomorrow. We have under $2k in the whole boat as it sits with goodies and all purchases. It should be a nice little river runner when we get it done. She has always wanted a boat and I never did. I figured what the hell.
Comments welcomed.
When we picked it up:
After lots of cleaning:
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