Feather Craft

Description

1956 Feather Craft Vagabond II with title, completely rigged with classic Kainer steering wheel. New and varnished marine plywood floorboards, new transom with al plate inside (motor is jacked up for performance) and Baltic fir plate outside. New center transom brace. New steering hardware and cable. The boat was flipped upside down and the bottom was straightened before rigging (the hook was removed from the short 'afterplane'), there are no hooks or rockers. The boat comes with the automatic bailer shown, but not with the Braille racing battery and tank.1950s era Little Dude trailer (good tires, new trailer tongue, new trailer jack, new lights and wiring, new spare tire, new bearing buddies). This trailer was custom made for the Vagabond II, the flat bottom rests in the at the transom on cradles that are transverse to the trailer. Trailer has been used on an 8 hr. round trip to an AOMCI meet as well as numerous round trips to and from Lake Houston to test and run the boat locally.Reliable, beautiful and fast fresh-water (from Michigan) 1960 Scott 40. New fuel lines, carbs were cleaned and the linkage for the 2 big single barrel Carter N carbs was synchronized. New ignition wiring inside and outside the flywheel, Johnson Stinger fuel pump, new condensers, and new OMC key switch. Rebuilt gearcase: new impeller, new driveshaft bearing, two new ball bearings, pinion and forward gear were replaced, new seals. The Scott starts easily, idles well and pushes the rig a 32.5 mph 2-way GPS average with the bronze ski prop (not shown). The classic motor uses surprisingly little fuel even at full throttle, and especially at 2/3 throttle. It's a real pleasure to run or ride in this rig, the Vagabond loves wake boarder wakes and other rough water! We ran the rig about 3-4 hrs. at the fall 2015 Texas AOMCI meet. 3-blade 10x12 bronze AMC ski prop with new hub (this is the prop that we ran). Scott control box, cables, and wiring harness. Evinrude oil is run with pump 93 octane gas at 50:1. We've put about 5 hrs. on the motor, compression is 120 psi in both cylinders. No idea how many hrs. were on the motor before we bought and restored it.