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I came across a couple of pictures of our first boat a couple of days ago. Long before we had a digital camera. Bought it in 1996. It was a 1981 14' deep v Crestliner. Had a 20 hp pull start Mercury and a 30 lb Minn Kota Trolling motor. A Humin Bird fish finder and 2 deep cycle batteries in the center seat. I put low decks in it and had it for a couple of years before selling it and buying a Sea Nymph. Little did I know it would be the first of 5 tins over the next 15 years :LOL2:

Anyone else have pictures of their older tins?
 

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This is the first tin I ever owned & I still have the motors in the pictures. I took this little thing places it never should have been... I guess ignorance really is bliss!
 

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This wasn't all that long ago. :) My first tin boat was a 1973 model. Note I had not reworked the trailer in this image. This was the trailer that came with my 14 footer.

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Here she was! :cry:

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[url=https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=334064#p334064 said:
Scott1298 » 09 Nov 2013 10:35 pm[/url]"]I have to ask.. what happened to her? :?:

I sold it to buy a bigger motored boat, then I lost my job, and then the wifes car died....and there is my story. Que up the violins. :LOL2:

Im almost ready to buy the next one though.
 
This is mine as of a couple weeks ago. Thinking of naming her "Damsel in Distress" cause she sure is :) Got lots of work to do on it but hey, when ya live on disability you take what you can get. I'm still trying to figure out what kind and what year this is, so if anyone has any ideas on that, please fill me in.. Thanks.

12' Aluminum Boat 2 by Herb Dunn (YosemiteJunkie), on Flickr
 
My 1961 Sea King PDUT-14 Built by REBCO DIVISION OF SOUTHWEST MFG. CO., LITTLE ROCK ARK. ( AKA Arkansas Traveler ) This was one of the contract boats for Montgomery Wards it is an exact clone of an Arkansas Traveler DUT-14. I've owned the boat for over two years now. Currently I'm waiting on it to get welded ( Dad has a friend that can do it :D ) in a few places ( crack in the bow & old transducer mounting holes ). The transom has been sanded & re sealed; it's solid! :-D & wont be removed until it is soggy & rotten ( over 76 rivets have to be removed + 38 more if the knee brace has to be fully removed glad I dodged that one )

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It's still a work in progress. I plan on turning it into a mini bass rig of sorts.
 
[url=https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=353374#p353374 said:
Y_J » 23 May 2014, 23:23[/url]"]This is mine as of a couple weeks ago. Thinking of naming her "Damsel in Distress" cause she sure is :) Got lots of work to do on it but hey, when ya live on disability you take what you can get. I'm still trying to figure out what kind and what year this is, so if anyone has any ideas on that, please fill me in.. Thanks.

12' Aluminum Boat 2 by Herb Dunn (YosemiteJunkie), on Flickr

...looks like a Sea Nymph
 
[url=https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=360420#p360420 said:
juggernot » July 21st, 2014, 11:33 pm[/url]"]
[url=https://www.tinboats.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=353374#p353374 said:
Y_J » 23 May 2014, 23:23[/url]"]This is mine as of a couple weeks ago. Thinking of naming her "Damsel in Distress" cause she sure is :) Got lots of work to do on it but hey, when ya live on disability you take what you can get. I'm still trying to figure out what kind and what year this is, so if anyone has any ideas on that, please fill me in.. Thanks.

12' Aluminum Boat 2 by Herb Dunn (YosemiteJunkie), on Flickr

...looks like a Sea Nymph

Thank you very much. At least that gives me something to research. I really appreciate the input.
 
This is mine (now). 14' 1959 Crestliner Vee.
My father bought it new in 1959 and it came with a 1958 Johnson Seahorse 35 pull start.
SOOOOOOO many miles put on this boat with three young boys !!!
Through the years, it has been passed from brother to brother in different parts of the
country. I inherited it in 1983 when my father passed away.
When I was in the U.S. Navy, I would wrangle a Navy ship that was going to my
next duty station and they would take it on board and drop it off at the dock for me.
So, not only is this our family heirloom, it is a treasure because it shows very little wear
for its age. Eventually, I hope to get a windshield like the original.
I have had this boat to Key West, FL, Jacksonville, FL, Norfolk, VA, St.Marys, GA and
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - San Juan, Puerto Rico - and back to Winter Garden, FL.
It has seen several motors and trailers in its lifetime. And at least a dozen color combinations.
Presently, the outside is Rustoleum red/white the inside is brown latex house paint.
You just can not beat an old Tinny !!!!!
 

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1984 14' Blue Fin with a 15hp Mariner
 

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Got one that looks just like it but this is an old lund, 14ft also with a 15hp mariner. Had this combo for maybe 22 years or so. Now I have a fisher. Never have bought one new.
Tim

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They are awesome little boats. It floated like a cork! I didn't want to but I sold it and got a boat for the river. It's a Grumman with a jet motor.
 

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Not my first, but my 2nd. It was my first new boat. A Sea Nymph Fisherman 146 SC. 13'11" long with a 25 hp Rude. For me this was an example of trying to put a quart in a pint pot. Very tight and tippy to fish out of. Sold it after a year.
 

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This was my introduction to tin boats. You just can't beat the dollars to fun ratio on these boats!
 

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Here was my first tin. She was a 1436 Lowe with a 18hp fastwin. Had it for a year before I sold it to my cousin and picked up a few more tins. View attachment 1


Here it is when we met at the lake and I handed it off to him. It was such a simple boat and I kinda miss it still.
 

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