Feedback on Sea Nymph boats

[wallygator]

Guys,

What has been your experience with Sea Nymph boats? I am looking at a 1987 19 foot . Any comments on the internal structure, problems with this boat is apreciated.

Wallygator.

[Homer]

I owned a 17' Sea Nymph for about 10 years. I liked everthing about it, *except* near the end many of its rivets started to leak. I tried patching them but there were so many I eventually gave up. I was the second owner, I believe it was built in 1984.

I'd suggest running some kind of leak test before investing much money in it.

[jimbos43]

JUNK!!!!!!!!! I think I had the same boat your looking at. 19 ft Great Lakes Special. Those front windshield brackets broke, after hitting a wave. Floor sagged. Leaked. Rode terrible(their light). Get a Lund, there's no comparison

[northern_outdoorsman]

Not sure on metal boats but I got burned on a fiberglass bass boat. Get a marine inspection before you buy if it is available for that kind of boat!

[SalmonSlayer]

I have a 1989 19 foot Sea Nymph. Fish and Ski model. It is an open bow with a walk through windshield. I have likes and dislikes about it.

:) Likes: The deep V handles waves well. I've been in 8ft rollers with it and it handled great. Granted you have to know how to drive in such big swells. I was 'playing' around and went completely aribourne, the landing was fine and I found nothing out of wack. It planes easily and once cruising it is pretty smooth. Good storage areas under the front seats and passenger seats. I've not seen any rivits leaking yet, but it could happen to any boat.

:( Dislikes: The front end is a little light. THis tends to allow strong winds and waves taken in the side to turn the boat while at slow trolling speeds. I solved this by adding extra ballast in the front end. But beware that this lowers the front end and can allow large waves to spill over the front if taken straight on. The plastic windshield clips that hold the walkthrough windshield in place can break over time with stress and UV breakdown of the material...pretty inexpensive replacement at any hardware store. The drivers seat is a little low, but that was fixed with a 2X12 screwed to the bottom of it.

Just my 2 cents worth.

Ben

[SalmonSlayer]

Make sure to check the motor out thoroughly! Look for signs of leaks and cracking in hoses, running rich/lean, gasket condition (where visible)...you know the usual stuff.

Ben

[jimbos43]

Na, the windshield backet didn't break, under the plastic dash is some tin, everything pulled out, and the plastic dash cracked, cheaply made for a big water boat. I will give you this, it did handle big waves well, and always got my sorry ass back.

I have a 91 seventeen footer and have had hardware problems, the locks have parts made of plastic. I've replaced several locks and they have broken too. No leaking rivets yet, but don't use the boat much since building a canoe and buying kayaks.

Sabo

[Mr. Twister]

I had a 1978 Sea Nymph 16' Fishing Machine that served me well until last year when I sold it, and it's still out fishing. Only problem was one soft spot in the floorboards and on a 20+ year old boat, I don't consider that half bad. However, one word of caution, you're talking about a 1987 boat, and a year or two after my 78, they visibly cheapened the Fishing Machine, and one could imagine that they also cheapened it internally