unearthed
01-18-2022, 10:05 AM
Hi Everyone,
Longtime lurker here I've tried to read as much as possible before jumping in the deep end. I've had my eyes on a Hydrostream for a while and after looking at quite a few basket cases I think I finally found the one.
I picked up the boat a couple of weekends ago (left a wedding early on a Saturday night to wake up at 5:30 on a Sunday morning and drive 4 hours out of my way through an ice storm to pick up the Vulture all while making it back in time to get my wife from the hotel right at checkout time and drive another 7 hours back to NY) and I am looking forward to getting this boat dialed in.
The previous owner (https://www.screamandfly.com/showthread.php?354396-77-Hydrostream-Vulture-resurrection-remove-bottom-paint-!!/page2) was slightly active on Scream and Fly. Part of my motivation for getting this particular boat was that he documented all of the work that he did to the core/floor/transom, I knew that I didn't want to do this portion of the work if I didn't have to. I also wanted just a hull if possible as well as I have a 1989 Yamaha Excel from my last boat that I sold (I sold both of my boats - a 1986 Grady White Tournament 190 and my pride and joy, a 1989 Wellcraft Scarab Sportster/Sprint) this past year before my wedding in September and knew it was only a matter of time before I was back in the game).
Does anyone know of any good resources in the NY area (boat will be on Lake George, NY but we travel back and forth to NYC for work on the weekends) that could help with possibly changing the color/paint scheme? PO also made his own "windshield" from glass, but I do have the original frame and broken plexi that came with the boat that I would like to find a new piece of transparent acrylic for.
Also know that I would like to do a refresh (rebuild with some potential power upgrades) of the outboard as well and definitely need to shorten the length, any recommendations for people to go to for that would be great as well. I do have access to a small machine shop and an excellent I've tinkered with smaller outboards my entire life but never any performance oriented mods, but I am much more familiar with cars so don't know any of the gurus in the outboard world.
I have the original seats for it, but the frames are rotten. I might rebuild them just to have them but don't know what seats to run front/back. Like the look of buckets, has anyone run suspension-style seats in their Hydrostream before?
Happy to have the boat covered before the -33 wind chill hit the other night, happy to be here and ready to listen to any and all guidance.
499904
The Scarab with the Excel before selling
499905
Blank canvas
499906
499908
499909
Proof that I am not crazy for wanting to put an Excel on a Hydrostream!
:thumbsup:
Longtime lurker here I've tried to read as much as possible before jumping in the deep end. I've had my eyes on a Hydrostream for a while and after looking at quite a few basket cases I think I finally found the one.
I picked up the boat a couple of weekends ago (left a wedding early on a Saturday night to wake up at 5:30 on a Sunday morning and drive 4 hours out of my way through an ice storm to pick up the Vulture all while making it back in time to get my wife from the hotel right at checkout time and drive another 7 hours back to NY) and I am looking forward to getting this boat dialed in.
The previous owner (https://www.screamandfly.com/showthread.php?354396-77-Hydrostream-Vulture-resurrection-remove-bottom-paint-!!/page2) was slightly active on Scream and Fly. Part of my motivation for getting this particular boat was that he documented all of the work that he did to the core/floor/transom, I knew that I didn't want to do this portion of the work if I didn't have to. I also wanted just a hull if possible as well as I have a 1989 Yamaha Excel from my last boat that I sold (I sold both of my boats - a 1986 Grady White Tournament 190 and my pride and joy, a 1989 Wellcraft Scarab Sportster/Sprint) this past year before my wedding in September and knew it was only a matter of time before I was back in the game).
Does anyone know of any good resources in the NY area (boat will be on Lake George, NY but we travel back and forth to NYC for work on the weekends) that could help with possibly changing the color/paint scheme? PO also made his own "windshield" from glass, but I do have the original frame and broken plexi that came with the boat that I would like to find a new piece of transparent acrylic for.
Also know that I would like to do a refresh (rebuild with some potential power upgrades) of the outboard as well and definitely need to shorten the length, any recommendations for people to go to for that would be great as well. I do have access to a small machine shop and an excellent I've tinkered with smaller outboards my entire life but never any performance oriented mods, but I am much more familiar with cars so don't know any of the gurus in the outboard world.
I have the original seats for it, but the frames are rotten. I might rebuild them just to have them but don't know what seats to run front/back. Like the look of buckets, has anyone run suspension-style seats in their Hydrostream before?
Happy to have the boat covered before the -33 wind chill hit the other night, happy to be here and ready to listen to any and all guidance.
499904
The Scarab with the Excel before selling
499905
Blank canvas
499906
499908
499909
Proof that I am not crazy for wanting to put an Excel on a Hydrostream!
:thumbsup: