15 ft Sea Nymph

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VAbassin

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Hello! I have been trolling this site for years and finally bought a boat for me to rip apart vs one thats ready to go. Well... The boat I bought was ready to go, just not how I wanted. Its a 1996 Sea Nymph. Its a down size length wise from my 17 foot modv crestliner but an upgrade in motor size. 9.9 to 30 :twisted: But anyways, the floor is rotten, I hate the vinyl, I hate the seats, I hate the short deck, I hate the wasted space, I hate the sketchy wiring... so basically everything needs to go.

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The motor was pretty clean and complete so It was an easy buy. Its a 1992 evinrude 30 hp. Electric start.

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Got her cleaned up and ready to take out for the first time

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Got it out on the water but didnt run the motor since the lake was electric only. But I just moved up close to lake anna so its going to get plenty of use! Now that I know it floats I can start cutting the inside out! Planning on a long front deck with hatches. Probably the same rear deck but put a livewell in place of the bench seat. And new floor will be on the list as well.
 
I had a 1998 14ft Sea Nymph until last year when I upgraded to a 16.5ft Alumacraft. It was a solid boat and worked great. Had a console with steering and a 1992 25 HP evinrude.

Looks like you cleaned up the water scum really nice. What did you use?

Sincerely,

jbird68
 
jbird68 said:
I had a 1998 14ft Sea Nymph until last year when I upgraded to a 16.5ft Alumacraft. It was a solid boat and worked great. Had a console with steering and a 1992 25 HP evinrude.

Looks like you cleaned up the water scum really nice. What did you use?

Sincerely,

jbird68

Nice! Alumacrafts are where its at! But It seems pretty solid to me so far. Nice and wide. pretty stable too! Im honestly thinking about making it a remote drive. Theres an active thread right now on someone doing it with their 15 hp. But thanks! It cleaned up pretty good but took a good amount of trial and error. But I ended up figuring out that car rim cleaner and a scotch brite pad were the ticket. The rim cleaner is marked as for all rims, so painted, chrome, polished, etc. So I knew it would be safe for the paint. Then after I got all the scum off, I put a nice coat of wax on it!
 
water bouy said:
Was it on craigslist? I've been watching NC and Va for a v hull like that. Look forward to seeing the upgrades.

Yup! It was in richmond. It was only one iv found! But I am too. Im trying to get it done before the fish spawn up here. The water is 54 degrees on anna so im cutting it close
 
Nice rig. I just rebuilt my old sea nymph! Almost "done" few more things here and there. But I got it wet this weekend!
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flex said:
Nice rig. I just rebuilt my old sea nymph! Almost "done" few more things here and there. But I got it wet this weekend!
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Nice! Is that a 75 I see on the back of that thing!? Screamer! I wish I was at the same point as you. I'm itching to get out. Hey can I ask you a favor? Can you snap a picture of your controls at your motor? I want to see how these older Evinrudes are set up for remote steering! I'd appreciate it!

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Got her started up after sitting for about 6 months and through the winter. Checked that box knowing the motor will crank up. Taking it off and putting it on a saw horse till this thing is done. Now time to rip everything else off. Started with wiring which was a joy... Got the decks off as well as all the fittings and hardware attached to them. Got it bare bones stock as it came from factory. And made my first cuts!

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Kept cutting and cutting till finally I was sitting with just the floor. It was so rotten I was scooping it up with a shovel. But it's gutted and time for the fun stuff.

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VAbassin said:
flex said:
Nice rig. I just rebuilt my old sea nymph! Almost "done" few more things here and there. But I got it wet this weekend!
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Nice! Is that a 75 I see on the back of that thing!? Screamer! I wish I was at the same point as you. I'm itching to get out. Hey can I ask you a favor? Can you snap a picture of your controls at your motor? I want to see how these older Evinrudes are set up for remote steering! I'd appreciate it!

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70hp with a jack plate. It's quick, touched 40 with two 260lb guys, two ice chests of beer, and full gas tank this weekend. I think once I finish carbs, play with motor height a bit more and get a perfect prop I'll get more out of it.

Yes, I'll take some pics for you when I go to work on the carbs this week. What year is yours? Mine is a 75. It's the red plug wiring, I think they used it from like 75-94 maybe.

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Sorry about the sideways pictures guys. I gotta start taking all the pictures in landscape instead of portrait! Oh and I also picked up 2 of these babies

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This was my baby for 16 years. She was solid little boat.
 

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flex said:
VAbassin said:
flex said:
Nice rig. I just rebuilt my old sea nymph! Almost "done" few more things here and there. But I got it wet this weekend!
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Nice! Is that a 75 I see on the back of that thing!? Screamer! I wish I was at the same point as you. I'm itching to get out. Hey can I ask you a favor? Can you snap a picture of your controls at your motor? I want to see how these older Evinrudes are set up for remote steering! I'd appreciate it!

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70hp with a jack plate. It's quick, touched 40 with two 260lb guys, two ice chests of beer, and full gas tank this weekend. I think once I finish carbs, play with motor height a bit more and get a perfect prop I'll get more out of it.

Yes, I'll take some pics for you when I go to work on the carbs this week. What year is yours? Mine is a 75. It's the red plug wiring, I think they used it from like 75-94 maybe.

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That's pretty **** good! But thank you! Mines a 92 with electric start.

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That's a nice boat jbird! That's what I was initially trying to find but could find one anywhere. So I settled for the tiller. Is that kicker motor connected to your controls??

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Yes. I actually had a second set of controls below the controls for the 25 HP. Worked pretty well. I had a connecting rod from the kicker to the steering rod on the 25hp. The kicker is on my new boat, now.

Sincerely,

jbird68
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That's pretty slick! What did you do for throttle? Was that linked as well?

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Here are a few pictures. On the Alumacraft I just drilled a hole near the floor and routed the cables through the existing hole for the fuel lines for the main motor. Now they are not sitting on top of the back deck.
 

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Nice! How hard do you think it'll be to make my motor remote controlled? The only thing I'm having issue wrapping my mind around is the shifter... Any ideas or wisdom from anyone?

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Sorry, I'm no help there. I've never converted a tiller to console steering.

Sincerely,

jbird68
 

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