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Look what followed me home
Jeff says I should have titled it "Oops, I did it again".
I had a lot of fun fixing up my Sylvan two years ago and really enjoyed taking the "Grey Beard" from a project boat to a real nice fishing boat this year. I've been looking for another project boat for this coming winter, one that I can fix and flip. Today Jeff and I took a drive to Sullivan, Indiana, 20 miles south of Terra Haute, to look at a boat I found on Craig's List.
It is a 1998 Sylvan 1600 Explorer, the same as my other boat, with a 50hp Johnson 2 stroke. It has a very nice, solid trailer, new Helix 5, new oil injection system, newly rebuilt tilt/trim, a couple of anchors, 3 new seats. The bad is the motor cover is sun baked to the point that there is no paint left, the floor is bad and the livewell plumbing needs re doing. We took it out on Sullivan Lake and the boat is very dry and the motor runs great.
16 1/2 hours after we left, we pulled in at home with my new project in tow. No issues on the way home, thankfully. Now we need winter to set in so I can get to work. Here's a few pictures of the new addition to the "Grey Beard" fleet.Attachment 356134Attachment 356135Attachment 356136Attachment 356137