Just got home from picking up my new float..   

It's a 1980 Southwind Mini Day Cruiser (yet another one on the site), BBC 454, Berkeley (someone educate me on the model), pretty basic.  In nice shape for being nearly thirty years old.  Newer wood and carpet, the vinyl could use to be redone soon (maybe next winter).  Wet tested it at Black Butte Lake near Chico, it's a runner!  I'm stoked!

Sorry for the crappy cell phone pics, tried to take some digi's but my battery was dead      Will get some better quality pics up in the next day or two.

Nice find all the right stuff to make her go fast

Thanks fellas, I'm happy with it.  Can't wait for a summer full of days on the water.

Brad, no prob man.  How was the races?  Did you race this time?

Brian,  the girlfriend doesn't want me to make it go too fast.     She thinks it causes wrinkles and you know how these ladys are.   

76Nordic,  I think so.  Seemed pretty damn fair to me.  $3K

Cool, thanks for checking me on that.  Wasn't sure.  Very familiar with the two B's by now though. 

Smoking deal right there! Better buy than my Biesemeyer!  Great looking boat, and yeah I get it, my kids are trying to restrict me from coming anywhere near ine with a wrench for the same reason. 

Are we all getting the same "I need a Day Cruiser feeling" at the same time? lol

Ray

Thanks for all the kind words guys!  You're making me feel all mushy or something.   

I feel like I got a pretty good deal.  It needs some lovin, but that was the idea.  Get a boat for a good price that runs well and should be semi-reliable but still has things to tinker with and work on to make constant improvements.

Doug - Camp Far West is not too far from me and I have a buddy in Roseville that I was going out on the river with all last summer, so that's very realistic sometime.  I'll check on the Father's Day idea and let you know.  Any links to a thread with info on this weekend or others to get hooked up with?

So far a few things I'd like to do to the boat are:

Polish all the chrome and aluminum, give it a bath and buff it all shiny.  New steering wheel, new gauges, clean up the wiring under the dash.  The trailer wheels are buggin me, would like to do something about them if I can find a good deal somewhere.  Speaking of trailer, I need to fab some inner fender panels to protect the hull  (previous owner made some pretty decent sized scratches on the bottom of the hull from hitting the inside of the fenders).  A longer throttle cable to move the pedal forward cuz I'm a tall guy.  Interior will be sometime probably in the winter, although I do frequent Baja several times a year and was considering taking the interior pieces down there to get done super cheap.  I know some good contacts, we'll see about it.

Here's some higher quality pics I snapped this afternoon.  Still haven't washed it, little dusty from the drive home (dude lived down a country road).

That right there is another sexy damn boat!!! Congrats!! 

Hope I can get Brad to do some vinyl lettering for me...  Need some SCJB stickers, new CF numbers and want to get a name on her.  Any ideas would be considered and if chosen have karma points... and beer when we run into each other out on the water.  I was thinking "Mellow Yellow" would be a good one.  So long as there's not too many other boats running around out there with that name.

Someone want to educate me on what pump unit this is and the pros and cons of it, please?  Is it a 12 JG??

Berk J/G  Look at the pump on the inside of the boat , should be a metal tag with letters and #'s

Yup. But kinda hard to get to with the engine cover and how far your transom rolls back towards the bow of the boat. That's why I stuffed my son in there to read mine. Which was handy cuz his lil hands did a decent job cleaning up the bilge, at the same time, lol. (Hey, I let him drive it, I'm not a complete ass all the time, lol)

Your split bowl is the dead giveaway, nice touch to a great find!

Ray

one big one i have a bunch of left over granite for you if you want it 

i have been kicking around the idea of putting a swim step on mine. either the dual setup like yours or a whole single one. any suggestions? they are pricey.....found a few decent ones on ebay for an ok price.

i got your PM about the stickers....i wont be able to get around to it until next week sometime maybe. ill let you know.

I like the one piece fiberglass steps

Dude! That looks Bitchen! Hey what'd ya use for the weatherstrip under the W/S..I need to replace mine on my Spectra.....           Tracy   aka "Skee"