One man’s junk...

[Weldorthemagnificent]

Is another man’s kickass new ride. Well, actually there’s not much that’s kickass about this old boat other than the price was right. The intended purpose for this old sea king is to ride upside down on top of my trailered 16’ Naden on the annual boys fishing trip. It will allow all of my sons to come which makes me happy.
First it will get a little attention to make sure it’s safe and some prettying up as well. But first I have a snowmobile to reassemble!

No tag or hin on this gem. If anyone knows capacities on these, please chime in. Measured 11.5 ft by 52”.


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[user 18775]

Good looking pond boat. IMHO it needs oarlocks. Teaching a kid to pull a boat around a pond or small lake is a great. Funny how many bass my father and I caught trolling, and now I rarely troll for bass. Thanks for the little trip down memory lane.

 

[Weldorthemagnificent]

It does have oarlocks. There was a set of oars in it when I first looked at it, but when I went to pick it up they were gone. Wasn’t
Part of the deal I guess.


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[Weldorthemagnificent]

Snow is melting so it’s time to get to work on the junk. The goal is to replace the seat boards, remove whatever goop has been applied inside the hull, check for leaks and seal up, replace transom wood and make transom corner caps, paint the outside.


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[Weldorthemagnificent]

I’m great at ripping stuff apart so now the easy part is over.


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[Weldorthemagnificent]

Pretty much no strength in this transom. I plan on beefing things up a bit here. Plan on running anywhere from a 2hp to a 6hp so it shouldn’t take much to fix it up.


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[Weldorthemagnificent]

The factory corner caps were broken off. I will make some out of 1/8 aluminum


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[Prowelder]

I'm interested to see this build. I'm assuming you are a welder? Hince the name...

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[Weldorthemagnificent]

I am a welder. It’s a nickname not a narcissistic self glorification. Lol. You probably won’t see any welding on this project. I don’t weld at home except for a little stick welding. Partly too cheap to buy a tig welder and partly afraid I’d wind up working all the time. I have seen some of your threads Prowelder, good work!


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[Weldorthemagnificent]

Someone in the past thought it would be a good idea to lay what looks like screen on the bottom and pour on some kind of tar goop. I would have been ok with leaving it but it was starting to peel up. So out comes the stripper and off with the goop. I will then have to deal with whatever reason it was gooped up to begin with.


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[Weldorthemagnificent]

Half the fun of these old boats is the history. Sea King boats were re-branded boats sold by Montgomery Ward. Made by several manufacturers most notably Starcraft. At 11’4” mine doesn’t match any record I can find. Last registration was in Iowa judging by the prefix and sticker. There is also a faint number 3 on the side near the stern. I’m guessing a rental boat. Oh the stories she could tell! From Iowa to Ontario and who knows where else.

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[Prowelder]

Half the fun of these old boats is the history. Sea King boats were re-branded boats sold by Montgomery Ward. Made by several manufacturers most notably Starcraft. At 11’4” mine doesn’t match any record I can find. Last registration was in Iowa judging by the prefix and sticker. There is also a faint number 3 on the side near the stern. I’m guessing a rental boat. Oh the stories she could tell! From Iowa to Ontario and who knows where else.

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My 1st built was a 1952 aluma-craft it looks very similar to this boat. I fix it up real nice and traded it for a 1998 20' striper sea swirl with the 130 on it. The guy I traded it to just recently sold it for $3500. I wouldn't be surprised if your boat is similar in age

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[Weldorthemagnificent]

Zip cut all the rusty bolts holding the flotation boxes under the seats. The foam looks good so I’ll keep it. I stripped some more goop from the inside this morning and was hoping to give it a liberal coating and pressure wash. However it’s not going to go above freezing for a couple days so that plan is out.


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[Weldorthemagnificent]

Went to Home Depot today and bought a transom board. If you get one with a split and a bunch of staples, they will discount it. Lol. Had to buy 8’ board for 40” of wood but at 50% off it cost $6.22.
Brushed on some exterior stain from a tool shed project. Shed is 6 yrs old and still looks good so I figured it will be good enough.


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[Weldorthemagnificent]

Bent up some corner caps to rivet on. I’ve been wanting to leak test since I stripped up all the flex seal but it has been below freezing for a couple weeks. So today I poured a few buckets of water in. It didn’t seem to leak at first but then started dripping out the keel both bow and stern where it has been worn through. I’ll either weld it up or smear some goop on it. This is going to be a blood and guts fishing boat not a show queen. Lol.


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[NightKrawler]

Hey, i got this old 1973 tinner from my neighbor, fixed it up a bit and sold it right away to get my next project......smallish but a sweet little boat!

 

[Weldorthemagnificent]

Hey, i got this old 1973 tinner from my neighbor, fixed it up a bit and sold it right away to get my next project......smallish but a sweet little boat!

Wow yours turned out great! I’m betting it looked better than mine to start with. What did you use for the seats? They came out looking good.


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[NightKrawler]

I used Epiphanes Varnish, a marine grade I had left from past project on my old Chriscraft. The boat actually sat in my neighbors yard upside down for at least 15 years or so....finally i ask if he wanted to sell it, and he said, I could just have it! Heck of a deal. I did re-do the transom board inside and out as well, it had some old oars so I bought a set of shorty's and threw on the 6hp Yamaha.......the guy that bought it wanted it for a private small lake and so i kept the trailer and the Yamaha and sold it to him for $350.00.......he went home happy!

 

[Weldorthemagnificent]

I went with the red neck fix on the bottom runner. Cleaned it with a wire wheel and used JB weld. I drilled out 4 rivets and replaced which pulled the gap shut. I then smeared JB on both sides of the rivets.

My daughter helped me paint the inside with Tremclad/Rustoleum aluminum which I think looks a lot better.


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[Tinny Fleet]

Only as small diversion, but the title of this thread is so true. This boat is exactly the same one (vintage, model, etc.) as my first boat in the 70's. I was 16 years old and bought it from someone in my bass fishing club. I thought it was the most beautiful boat in the world. Started out with a 1957 Evinrude 18, then later upgraded to a 25hp Johnson. If it had been rated (it was too early for that) it probably only would have been rated for about a 9.9, mebbe less. Anyway it would go like a bat out of H**L - scary fast only I was to young and dumb to be scared. At one point I had my name painted in large script on the side of it like the bass fishing pros of the day, but ran out of money to have it painted on the other side of the boat. Caught a lot out of it from North Carolina to Northern New England, and even sunk it once under the Chesapeake Bay bridge jigging for rockfish when it took a big wave over the stern.

Anyway, the old saying one mans trash is another mans treasure still holds.....