The Pink Flamingo in Arizona

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Sorry the Sea Lander has been sold already.  Another great boat the I’m going to miss.

Rare 1971 Sealander 25’ trailerable houseboat that is lake ready with tandem axle trailer. I’ve only found pictures from about 3 of these boats online.  The boat is located in Apache Junction, Arizona which is just 45 minutes east of Phoenix.

Boat is running and is lake ready.

NEW VIDEO OF PROGRESS AS OF 12/23/2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxz65b9XF98

The video and pictures are as the boat is sitting on 12/23/2019.  We purchased this boat after selling our 1971 Chris Craft 34′ Houseboat that I had for almost 20 years.  The idea was to remodel it like we did with the Chris Craft and have one of the nicest trailerable houseboats to enjoy and not have the monthly slip rental costs.

But with another speed boat, camper, Rzr and other toys we just never get around to working on this and using it so it’s up for sale to a good home for a fair price.

The boat is priced for less than I have in it not counting any time we have spent on it.  It’s running, ready for the lake, and a very cool and unique boat.

These boats are so unique and they were actually designed to be used as an RV also with the rear steps folding flat on land to easily board. It’s between a tri hull design and catamaran and it rides nice and I think we had it running about 23 mph on plane. This one has a straight 6 Mercruiser 165HP engine and Mercruiser outdrive with trim and tilt.  Motor starts and runs excellent.

Some of the new items I’ve purchased and installed since we bought it in September 2016. I worked on this with plans to keep it 20 years like my last houseboat.

• Tires
• Spark Plugs
• Spark Plug Wires
• Distributor Cap
• Rotor
• Carb Rebuilt
• Steering helm
• Steering cable
• 3 automatic bilge pumps
• All new wiring. Heavy duty marine grade wiring. Over $200 in wire alone probably.
• LED side navigation lights.
• LED anchor light
• New Fuel tank mounted in hull with side fill
• Dual batteries. One still needs to be wired. Was waiting to see where I wanted to mount the battery charger first.
• Newer gauges.
• All new lighted switch panels. 3 total switch panels. Each bilge pump even has a separate manual override switch.
• Water pump impeller (probably due for another new one since it’s been sitting in the hot AZ summers)
• Installed foam teak flooring
• Built benches for the flip flop sofas. You can lift the cushions up for storage underneath
• Benches flip down to a 76″x80″ KING SIZE BED. How often do you get that in a 25′ boat.
• Back wall cut out to make it more open. Aluminum channels powder coated to frame it in and back curtain made to keep rain out.
• Bluetooth stereo and speakers.
• LED inside lights
• Front spotlights work
• New bearings on trailer.
• 4 new sets of brake backing plates, wheel cylinders, brakes shoes, hardware.
• New brake actuator
• New brake flexible lines and part of hard line is new.

The back of the boat is setup for canvas top and full canvas enclosure if you choose to have one made.

Plenty more that I probably forgot to list and most of the hard work is done.

Great part is you can use the boat as is and finish the remodeling to your liking.

For us I was probably going to be a small countertop up front that was open under it for a place for our dog. In the back I was going to build a large sundeck over the engine compartment with a flip up porta potti under it like you have on the pontoon boats.

Boat is 8′ wide and trailer is 8′-6″ so you can tow it anywhere. If I had to guess the weight I would say 4700 lbs and probably 6700 lbs total with trailer. I’m just guessing here based on the 4720 lbs of the Land N Sea from that age which was a similar boat.

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While I don’t think one can ever top the 20 years of fun and memories we had with The Pink Flamingo but it was time for something different.  And I guess everything really does happen for a reason.  The Pink Flamingo sold partially because I forgot my computer and ended up having to drive all the way back to the marina last Sunday.  So in a blinding rush The Pink Flamingo sold on Monday and after doing some last minute things and moving our personal stuff off it so Mike could start staying on it I was beat physically and emotionally.

So Tuesday morning I opened up Craigslist and what do I see for the second ad except a cute trailerable houseboat.  It had just been posted 20 minutes prior.  It’s right in the middle size wise between the 18′ Too Cute and the 34′ Pink Flamingo boats.  Big enough to stay on for a week yet still 8′ wide for trailering.  After showing the ad to Tammy she really liked it and said call him and give the man his money.  So that night we drove 90 minutes up to Globe and got there just after dark but the boat looked solid enough and the price was right.  The owner Rich was a really nice guy and they had put a 6 cylinder Mercruiser 165 HP motor and Alpha outdrive on it and had done some other work.  It of coarse needs lots of work but is gutted and a blank slate so that really peaked our interest since we felt we did such a good job with The Pink Flamingo and our 1958 Camper.

So after sleeping on it we offered up the owner his asking price and a little more if he would trailer it down to our place.  He was good friends with the manager at the local Big O Tires so we arranged for 4 new tires and some grease put in the hubs to make the trip safer and they even went up to his house and changed the tires there.  On Thursday night Rich and his wife brought it down the mountain from Globe and said it trailered great.

The really funny thing is as he pulled up I finally noticed that the color of the trim stripe and the floor is guess it…….PINK!  I guess it was just meant to be.  And I think it just has to be named after the Flamingo and the pink kept so maybe it will be The Pink Flamingo 2, The Pink Flamingo 1/2, Baby Flamingo, or as Tammy suggested The Fledgling Flamingo.

So we are now the proud owners of a gutted 1971 Sea Lander 25′ houseboat and trailer.  Yet another project to put on our list but I’m sure it’s going to be awesome.

Although on a downside we are now going to be Weekend Slip Squatters we used to complain about as marina members. LOL

And a quick video tour of the boat.