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I've owned this boat for several years and have used her to fish offshore in NC, waterski with the kids , walleye fish on Lake Erie and just cruise around with SWMBO. I'm a bit of a boat hoarder (seven total not including kayaks and jet skis) but if I had to choose one boat for the rest of my life, this would be the one.

She has had a busy life, being used for a long time as a charter boat before I owned her and it is time to give her some love. This spring, the old Yammie started to give me trouble even after rebuilding the carbs etc therefore I am going to switch motors from a Carolina Skiff 24 that I never use offshore, a sweet 2005 Suzuki 140.

Today over four hours I disconnected the dual teleflex steering cables at the outboard (1990 Yamaha 150,) removed the T-top, took out the batteries and battery boxes, removed the wood trim, began removing the bow rail and console and took out all the screws from the large deck plate.

A few months ago I sprayed new gelcoat on the sides of the hull, reupholstered the RPS, touched up the bottom paint, reinforced the trailer in some areas and restitched the T-top sunbrella.

As I proceed with the restoration I will provide pictures and commentary of what I find. The only surprise today was one of the steering cable tubes snapped right in half from corrosion in the thread area as I unscrewed the large nut on the starboard side. I guess this is one reason why motors from 150 HP up usually have dual steering cables.