Reply To: 1959 Johnson Super Sea Horse 35hp

[David Stanton]

Yes, I think I helped you out on the Crestliner facebook group page. There I go by my real name, Dave Stanton.

Those brackets are for lifting the motor – Use them for tilting it if it’s on a trailer or if you are standing in the water. They are also helpful when putting the motor on and off the boat. If you are setting the motor horizontal on a garage floor, they make it harder to tip the motor over. A lot of them were removed and thrown out because they get in the way of handling water ski ropes.

The 14 foot Viking and Voyager shared the same hull in 1957-58. Note that in the old catalogs, the Voyager14 convertible in 1958 was called a Viking14 convertible in 1957 – same exact boat, except for the updated flying crest emblems in 1958. The 1958 catalogs show the 1957 Crestliner emblems on the side because the catalog photos were taken in 1957 before the new emblem stickers were available. My current boat is a 1957, and technically a Viking that year, but the catalog doesn’t show my version with splashwell that is not a convertible – maybe special order? or just didn’t make it into the catalog? Generally, the Voyager14s are the same as the Viking, but have the splashwell.
Dave