Hello from Downunder - 2007 175 BR Sport

[Hillzy_Aus]

Hi fellow members,

firstly... great forum with loads of useful info for new sea ray owners. Thought I’d drop in an formally introduce myself.... boating certainly isn’t new to me as I grew up around boats and have had them all my life - just no sea rays

I recently picked up a 2007 175 Sport with only 79hrs (now about 140ish) and have been having a ball with it the last few months going out every weekend and doing a bunch of tinkering. These things are a great solid little boat!

With lack of any real solid service history records, as soon as I took ownership it received a pretty decent go over with full engine and leg service, new manifold and riser, tuneup, compression tests (perfect) and a full detail and polish to try restore it to its former glory.

Love this little boat and is perfect for day trips, bit of fishing, taking friends out and water sports. The 3.0 TKS seems well matched to the boat and I don’t find it underpowered with what we use it for, great on fuel too! It’s purely a Salt water boat as I live in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Let me tell you, I was initially hesitant about a smaller bowrider as I’m a fisherman at heart and lean more to half cab boats + have a family cruiser (Larson 370 Cabrio)... but have really fallen in love with this little thing

Since then it seems like I haven’t stopped doing bits and pieces and have gone the DIY route with EVO flooring, upgraded gps/fishfinder, installed LED interior lights, upgraded stereo system with installing new bow rider speakers/replacing the cabin speakers/10” subwoofer, replaced prop with 14.5x19p (21p standard), installed Smart Tabs (amazing), reconditioned the trailer (bit of rust on the bunk supports etc) + new mag wheels, replaced bilge blower, installed fishing rod holders (attached to wake tower), stainless cup holders... the list already seems never ending haha

Current projects underway: installing dual battery setup with blue seas ACR and 2x 75AH batteries and a second amplifier to run the front and rear speakers (clarion) + a bunch of rewiring to for the “house battery systems”. After that, a second auto bilge pump (boat gets used in a large body of water, copping a wave over the front is a fear of mine), maybe some wake tower speakers then who knows

Anyway.... iv been a big forum junky with all my previous life passions and look forward to contributing to the site for other people who have the same boat - as I know just how useful information can be when undertaking projects on your own.

If anyone wants any info or if I can help in anyway don’t hesitate to reach out!

I’ll try upload some pics

Cheers,
Dave

 

[RBB]

Very sharp boat. Hope she serves u
Well.

 

[JimG]

Congratulations and welcome to CSR!

 

[Chip S]

Beautiful boat!

 

[BillK2632]

Very nice - I say it every thread about these little SeaRays - you just can't beat them for small bowrider. Nice looking place with the condos in the background.

 

[Zoomie]

Looks great, I love the interior lighting.

 

[Tantalus]

Love the EVA floor. Where did you source?

Also from down under. Are you happy with and easy templating/istall?

 

[Hillzy_Aus]

Love the EVA floor. Where did you source?

Also from down under. Are you happy with and easy templating/istall?

I did it all myself mate, sourced the rolls of eva off eBay and made the templates myself... took a while but I wanted to get it as perfect as I could. It’s holding up great too, gets a beating with my dog and is constantly wet and even crab out of the boat so it gets messy, always cleans up great

 

[Tantalus]

Looks great. What material did you use for the template?

 

[Trandafir Lucian]

Hi Dave,

First of all many thanks for sharing your boat and information about it. I have the same boat as you and i would be interested in making some upgrades on it by myself.
If you can please share where(links) did you buy, install bellow upgrades:
1.installed LED interior lights?
2.upgraded stereo system with installing new bow rider speakers/replacing the cabin speakers/10” sub woofer?
3. replaced prop with 14.5x19p(I have 21p standard aluminium and require replacement)
4.installed Smart Tabs?
5.replaced bilge blower?(mine doesn't work also, the previous owner said it stop working long time ago and he doesn't need it because engine is in good condition).
6.What equipment did you use to restore the beautiful white interior+leather?
7.Type of wax-cleaning agent for the hull?
6.last which i dont think i will do it myself is ``the DIY route with EVO flooring`` which looks gorgeous.

Once more time, your boat looks great. Enjoy and i hope i will post my boat also once it will look again good.

 

[Hillzy_Aus]

Hi Dave,

First of all many thanks for sharing your boat and information about it. I have the same boat as you and i would be interested in making some upgrades on it by myself.
If you can please share where(links) did you buy, install bellow upgrades:
1.installed LED interior lights?
2.upgraded stereo system with installing new bow rider speakers/replacing the cabin speakers/10” sub woofer?
3. replaced prop with 14.5x19p(I have 21p standard aluminium and require replacement)
4.installed Smart Tabs?
5.replaced bilge blower?(mine doesn't work also, the previous owner said it stop working long time ago and he doesn't need it because engine is in good condition).
6.What equipment did you use to restore the beautiful white interior+leather?
7.Type of wax-cleaning agent for the hull?
6.last which i dont think i will do it myself is ``the DIY route with EVO flooring`` which looks gorgeous.

Once more time, your boat looks great. Enjoy and i hope i will post my boat also once it will look again good.

sent you a PM mate