TOPIC: Picked up an MFG Glassic

A couple of weeks back I spotted this boat at a customers home sitting on a stub of driveway looking very forlorn. After completing our business I asked about it and sure enough he wanted to part with it. There was no motor on the boat but he had a modern Merc that was available. I said he could keep the motor but I would be interested in the trailer and boat so a deal was made and it was mine. Last week after taking the trailer hubs home for a complete overhaul (1 bearing was seized to the shaft) I returned to pick it up. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the boat,at this point, but it definitely needs to be put on a different trailer and have a good clean up. The boat is a Niagara custom with the Sun & Fun seating Here's some pics:

Nice boat. One of the lapstrake ones. Very cool.

Frank

Nice 1965 Niagara! Having the Sun 'n Fun seats in such good shape is rare.

Check the transom carefully - it looks like it may be rotted out. Also check for any water under the floor - make sure the foam is not saturated with water. Transom is not too bad to fix - the motor well just bolts off and on for access. See the following for one way to fix it, if needed:

forums.fiberglassics.com/mfg/

Otherwise, clean it up and put a motor on it. It looks like the floor and lower part of inside the hull has been repainted at some point in blue. They came with splatter paint inside, all the way to the floor, and the floor in beige fiberglass.

The hull and deck look quite good from the pictures.

The interior storage cubicles and ski racks have wood-tone contact paper, that often deteriorates with age. Some people just remove it - others try to patch it up.

Let us know what you decide to do with it.

I plan to keep my Niagara forever. They are great little boats!