Re: New "Sweet 16" Owner

Great! Someone else has one of the great boats...

Look at the gallery pictures and you will see my 1965 sweet 16 with inboard. outboard.... the motor is a DU1 and has OMC stern drive. I have bee4n told that the inboard/outboars are very rare... outboards are common... If you have an

They are a blast to run.... my kids like it with a tube, etc.... very stable also when parked... I can get mine up over 40MPH...

Let me know if you need any help..

Bill in Colorado

> Last fall, while looking for a distributor cap for the 1967 Starflite
> 100-S on my father-in-law's boat, I ran across an old Evinrude boat
> with a 1966 (I think) 100hp Johnson. I didn't know anything about the
> boat, except that it looked really cool and had the part I needed. So,
> I came home with my distributor cap - as well as the whole boat and
> motor that was wrapped around it.
>
> I was curious, so I thought I'd do some research on the boat, and
> that's when I was introduced to this site. Thanks for the great photos
> and information. They made me long for my days growing up around the
> Kawartha and Muskoka regions of Ontario. It would seem I'm now the
> owner of what I believe to be a 1964 Sweet 16 (although couldn't find
> the registration plate).
>
> I originally just wanted the motor parts, but now I don't think I can
> deny the calling to restore the old boat. I'm fairly mechanically
> inclined, but I don't know much about boats in general. The transom
> appears weak, and I see a couple of cracks in the floorboards. The hull
> doesn't look too bad, aside from a few shabbily repaired dings in the
> centre "v". Can anyone suggest what I should be looking for, and what I
> might be in for if I take on this project? I'd like to do a sanity
> check before I get myself in over my head.
>
> Also, identifying the exact year is proving a little difficult. It
> appears to be grey-blue in colour, with a coat of blue paint slapped
> over top. Am I looking in the wrong places for the registration tag?
> Are there any distinguishing marks that might help me to identify her
> exact vintage?
>
> Any guidance as I start down this path would be appreciated.
>
> regards,
> Ian Torrey
> Ottawa, ON Canada
>
Received on Friday, 5 March 2004