Custom Carolina Warren O'Neal

OVERVIEW

             SILVER LINING is a classic Warren O'Neal open bulkhead sportfish, built as the Pee Wee Jr. in 1975. She has had a handful of owners over the years since then. All of them have kept her looking good and have maintained her elegant simplicity. Her previous owner, a local mechanic and all around boatsman, took things a bit further in terms of modernization, speed and maneuverability, allowing the enjoyment level to flourish without compromising her class and practicality.                       

He decided to remove the keel and replace much of the running gear, wiring, seacocks, hoses, fuel lines, bearings, etc...throughout the boat. He added some electronics and beefed up some systems on her, did some glassing on the chines, spray rails, toe rails and guards and gave her hull a pretty new paint job as well as a full service on the engine.

The end result is the same simple, classy, one of a kind rig that looks great, fishes like a champ but now cruises at a smooth 18 knots and tops out at 23 knots, absolutely sips fuel (less than 5 gph) and handles like a dream. In the last couple years, she has fished off the beach in Hatteras for Spanish, kings and cobia, eased into sloughs behind the Inlet, afternoon cruising the Pamlico back of Ocracoke, anchored up in 3-4 feet of water for family fun, caught drum and sheepshead around the Oregon Inlet bridge and Bigeyes and Yellowfin around the Point...Pretty versatile rig! She is just a super cool boat that is same as she ever was, with a lot of nice upgrades and as steeped in the NC boat building history as one can be.   

Her current owner has maintained the boat well and she has a fresh bottom job, and a newly refurbished Engine box. A change in plans with her current owner has made her available.                                                    

All work and Upgrades 2020-2023

Added tower with steering, controls, electronics and Rigid flush mount LED spotlights facing forward and black oak bar facing aft to deck

Glassed in anchor locker on bowdeck
 Bottom and hull glassed
 Glassed Chine, Spray rails, Guards and Toe rail
 Removed keel and glassed layers over
 New shaft log, cutless bearing, rudder bearing
 New Glyde shaft seal on prop shaft with spare seal
 Heat Exchanger, Afterccooler cleaned and pressure tested
 New oversized raw water pump, alternator, sensors, belts and tensioners
 New wiring throughout
 New helm station electronics backing plate with SMX digital engine data display
 (3) new Northstar AGM batteries with battery charging isolator
 WIF System wired into racors with fuel sensors
 New fuel lines from tank to Racors
 New Garmin Display upstairs w/NEMA 2000 for engine data display and tied into data and electronics at main helm 

New Stainless ruder bearing
 Sea Star steering system
 All new steering lines from tower to helm and ram
 (3) new bilge pumps and SST floats with new discharge hoses and check valves
 ALl new seacocks with bigger intake added for engine pick up
 Boarding ladder and bracket
 New in deck anchor storage hatch in cockpit with anchor and rode
 New Fusion radio with 4 speakers
 New Bomar style hatch on foredeck
 Dual helm chairs located on forward edge of engine box
 New Interlux Dark Gray hull paint / black anti-foulant bottom paint
 New 12V switch panels at helm with many spares
 New 120V panel with receptacles for dockside AC power
 Block heater
 New Pro-Sport HD 20 plus battery charger
 Trim Tabs
 Garmin Autopilot with handheld remote
 Garmin GPSMap at helm                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                                                                          ADDITIONAL FEATURES AND SPECS                                                                                                                                                          

Cummins 4B 250 hp engine with around 850 hrs 

2550 RPM 18 kt cruise / burns 4-4.5 gph 

3000 RPM 23 kt WOT
 Automatic shutoff at helm

Trim Tabs with actuator switch at helm
 Morse Controls with custom knobs
 Grab rails on hardtop and (2) fold in steps ascending to tower on port side of house 

Raw water washdown with seacock shutoff lever
 Single 30A service with Marinco receptacle with cover
 Turbo boost pressure gauge
 Boarding steps
 Non-skid deck, bow deck and topside
 14 total rod holders outside
 Rod storage, Drawer and under bunk bulk storage in cabin
 Overhead lighting in cabin / Individual Black Oak lights and LED strips in helm area (4) custom drink holders at dash
 Battery parallel switch at helm
 12V spotlight plug in
 Adjustable stays on Port and Starboard forward windows for air flow
 Bilge Indicator lights and manual switches at helm
 Teleflex Marine Engine controls helm / Sea Star Solutions in tower
 Access hatches in deck for batteries, racors, anchor, fuel tank valves and lazzarette 

Garmin GPSMap 3210 at helm
 Garmin 7" Display in tower / NEMA 2000
 ICOM VHF
 (2) Transducers