Well the delivery date for the replacement has been brought forward a whole lot so with a tinge of sadness I need to start looking for a new home for the boat.
Awesome little first boat; fairly capable for what it is, tons of room, forgiving of those inevitable first-boat mistakes.................
Hull:
1991 (maybe 1992?) Ramco Seeker. 4.4m/14.5 foot, alloy.
We went for the Ramco because the hull is slightly thicker than the equivalent Fyran 440.
There are several variations of the Seeker. The majority have the long bench seats/bracing down the sides and no coamings at the top of the gunwales. This one has the full flat floor and proper gunwales.
Huge amount of cockpit space for a boat of this size.
Relatively deep vee, when trimmed well it is a very soft and dry boat considering the size.
Welded hull other than the rivets that hold the forward bench/brace in. Doesn't leak! Has had one pinhole tig welded where a swivel got wedged beside the floorboard and turned into a science experiment
Garaged the entire time we have owned it (20+ years).
Basic plastic swivel seats.
4x rod holders
Motor:
Same age Yamaha 40hp 2-stroke, precision blend self-mixing.
Electric start, power trim and tilt, the proper bracket with independent rams for trim...
Fastidiously maintained for the time we have owned it (20+ years), serviced like clockwork. Starts and runs extremely well.
We mainly fish inshore with relatively short runs to our spots; I would estimate the motor has done 500 hours max.
2x 23L totes that fit under the transom shelf, we only ever use one because it only seems to get through about 5L/trip.
Has a small chunk out of the cavitation plate from where the previous owners launched it on top of a rock
Electronics:
Lowrance HDS-5x fishfinder. Somewhat basic but effective fishfinder, well suited to the kind of fishing we have done from this boat.
We've always just used Navionics for charting.
No nav lights or bilge pump - never needed either.
VHF is a handheld that's going to the new boat, sorry.
Extras:
Fold-up PVC canopy, in good knick. We hardly use it unless it's scorching.
Anchor (Danforth), chain (proper short-link) and warp. Warp is about 40m of rope with a slightly dodgy splice (I should probably re-do it) to another 30m or so.
Yamaha 2hp 2-stroke auxiliary motor. Bought this years ago when we used to holiday at Taupo, then we decided trolling for mudfish is boring (maybe we were just really bad at it?), motor probably has about 10-15 hours running?
Plastic bin thing that fits perfectly into the space up in the bow.
We'll throw in enough Yamaha 2-stroke oil to probably run the thing into the ground (we get a 4L free each time we service it, then only use about 2L/year)
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Trailer:
Same age as the rest. Home-built by a farmer back in the days when they put about 1cm of galv on everything. Pneumatic jockey wheel that you can use for beach launching. Recently replaced all the side rollers. Little bit of rust starting to come through in a few spots but generally pretty good.
Synthetic winch cable.
Removable lights/number plate board. New WoF and almost a year of rego.
Now on Trademe: https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/boats-marine/motorboats/auction-1949962534.htm