hello this spring i sold my 1975 40 hp jonson and springbok aluminum iv been running for 12 years,,i decided it was time too upgrade,,,may have went a little too far but hey few extra ponys cant hurt!!!!!!!!
... it all started when a buddy flopped an 88 baja x 15' in my drive way with an 85 hp merc,,,it was certantly an upgrade for the old 40 but wasnt the upgrade i had in mind (she wasnt pretty) so i went searching for "my new boat" and what i found was a 71 sidewinder 16ss that looked nice but needed alott the story i got was it sank then sat in a garage for a couple years the motor was seised ...perfect right up my alley i figured i could put my 85 on and go.....boy was i wrong...
....once i got her home and started pulling the old tower of power off i noticed alott of rott in the transom and there was no way it would hold my 85...so i started looking into how too replace a transom,,and noticed alott of guys with v6 power on this boat,,,sparked another intrest i figured i could do this, iv always wanted a fast boat but never thought it was for me i was happy floating aroung fishing,,then i started looking at 150 hp too 225 hp motors and stumbled uppon a 225 yamaha and the price was exactly what i had in my pocket that day..so i dove head first into ANOTHER PROJECT,,,so there i was with even bigger dreams,, a 225 in the box of my truck,, a sidewinder in need of a transom,,, i found a place to store my v6 untill i finnished the transom,,and so started the surjury,,,started cutting, grinding, hacking,the old transom out of my poor new boat:( learning every step of the way,,i wanted to be running for july 1st. i had a lott of work ahead of me but kept at it searching for advice from anyone who had some too give working on it as much as i could reserching materials and just going nuts learning about boats,,and how too repair them,, i could of done thigs alott diferent in the end,,, but that just gives me a reason too finnish this one and start another, really would of liked to use comosite matierials,,,,i cant belive im thinking of the next boat,,i was happy for 12 years with the same old boat and had no intention of replaceing it untill it wore out(her new owner is happy with her)) i waited 12 years for that day and it never happened,,now i cant stop thinking about the next boat,,,transom is in v6 is on i'v had it out a couple times i missed my target for july 1st but made it for july 8th,,,she still need some buggs worked out but i am happy with what i did this summer and dont regret one second of it,,,i cant wait to talk too members of this forum about "boats my new love" i wish i had more photos to show the build..........sorry about grammer/spelling, any tips advice or comments please.
......winter is around the corner so i can tstart another boat project,,,i still have the baja to find a new home for..
,,, a little sanding,, some candy paint touchups,,, and a few coats of gel and she would really shine,,, 
i'v replaced the impeller and the water pickup,,...im going to get a fuel pump rebild kit see if that helps...and will have to get a water pressure guage for it,, damn long list i have now.... 
i need too find some work 