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I tend to agree about bow steer, if you have really cured your bottom hook. I have owned several of these hulls and currently have a 570. These hulls are heavy forward, are your fuel tanks aft? My the bottom of my 570 hull is almost flat from midship back, the 370 has a little more shape towards the...

We usually don't have much of what you guys up north call winter, but every 10 years or so.... Fort Worth received over 10 inches of snow on Feb 11th, That may not sound like much to those from Michigan but it was more than our Marinas could stand. The boat houses sank from the weight of the snow an...

I have used several strippers, Lowes/Home Depot work great. Use disposable brushes. Apply and cover with newspaper to hold in heat/fumes that make it work. Let set then scrape while still soft, don't let it dry up. May take several applications. Ventilate area well! Use gloves and masks and old clot...

After we had stripped the hull of all hardware, steering gear, engine, windshield and decks what we saw was good news. All laps ribs and keelsons were in good shape and just in need of refinishing. The exposed inside laps had turned gray from years of exposure to the elements. The varnish was for th...

I bought this boat back from the older gent who had bought her from me last year and used her once. I pick her up tomorrow! She has been covered since. Can't wait to get back on the water with this little boat. There is just something about a smaller boat with 35 - 40 hp, you seem to feel the lake a...

I attended the SW ACBS show on Lake LBJ this fall and am finally getting around to posting some Pics. We got rained out Saturday but did get some lake time in Sunday am with a trip up the lake for coffee and dough nuts at a Jim Frecette's lake house.The thunderstorms chased us off the lake , you can...

Ahhh summertime, very nice photos Peter. I hope to have mine in the water next month for the beginning of spring on the 20th

Great work! Now how about a swivel under each.........

We are working on her Satuday am. We have stripped the inside and bleached to try and clean but stains. We are testing using some stains so that we can match up older varnished areas from under dash and bilge. The sides were so stained that we will try and give them an older patina to match rest of ...

We have been discussing what to do for seats. We would like to go to wooden seats instead of the ones shown. Doeas anyone out there have a seat set from an old hull? We would love to find a set, but if not we probably will manufacture one from photos or similar to one of our boats. Any lost front / ...

The Eagle Mountain Classic Boat Club based on Eagle Mountain Lake in Fort Worth Texas has acquired a 1965 Thompson Seamate as it's winter project. This boat is in a little better shape than our last project, see http://www.thompsondockside.com/views/viewtopic.php?t=3216 She had been uncovered for a ...

Ron,
We have gotten a Sea Mate just like this for our EMCBC (Eagle Mountain Classic Boat Club) winter project. Ours seems to have a fir or pine windshield, I think some one has made a copy at sometime. Yours is mahogany is it not?
I will post a new subject soon on this restoration.
Thanks Dan

I regularly launch and retrieve my 20'er with out any side rails. I edge boat up to center rollers then attach strap and hand winch her up, with good rollers the keel will guide her into place and center. These type of trailers don't lend themselves to drive ons, everytime I have tried I scratch or ...

Evan,
That is a very reasonable price for that boat if ribs and keel are solid. That homelite is almost worth that alone. This boat is not a good choice for 6 adults, maybe 4 and a couple of kids and that would be crowded. This is a great boat for a couple.

Bob, If you have checked out my site at Classic outboards, I have a photo set called A New Boat that has multiple photos of how I repaired my cabin sides. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/classicoutboards/photos/album/1076214832/pic/list My cabin had a lot of rot where you are talking about. I cut out ...