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Tha is one Nice Ride Love the detail work and very informative build

Great looking SeaCraft Shine! I see your in Vero Bch, I think I passed you early evening near the Barber Bridge on the 1st. I gave you a Thumbs-Up thru the truck window?

Ha! yeah, I remember you :D

http://gallery.bateau2.com/albums/us..._shine_710.jpg

Thanks for posting this! Relocating mine tonight.

It turned out pretty nice, you will need a bigger hole than what I show, I had to make it bigger to get a good fit. I needed about 3" of clearance for the Plexiglas to close. I have another piece of aluminum angle on the back side as a backing plate.

MUCH better than on top of the console !

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b2..._2012005-1.jpg

Nice project: did you raise the weather deck (floor) for better drainage? If so, how'd you do it? Is that a CSY recessed rail? How did you set up the fuel tankage? Where did you put the batteries? I'm very curious- looks real clean

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Originally Posted by shine (Post 184138)

Thank you to everyone for the data. I have enough information now to plan the boat.

I do not want to redesign the boat, although I am able to do this - redraw to boat from scratch and redesign the weights. It would mean making a model and I fiddle with weights and spit new out hydrostatics . One of the appeals of choosing a re-build is that all that work is done, all I need is original locations and weights and I can move everything around and maintain the CG and waterline the designer had in mind. Far be it for me to change a well balanced design :)

Also, the fact that this forum exists was a major consideration in choosing a seacraft to rebuild. Without a source like this forum, I would have to do a lot more work

Im getting very excited to use this boat, Im hoping to have it ready for power by May.

Shine, In my case, a 79 jackshafted diesel that has been converted to a closed transom bracketed outboard) I have no reference to what existed before and where the cg of the boat should be.

My question is how did you design your boat and where did you find the information to arrive at your calculations?

Lets start a new thread and we can discuss it :)

I will get it going

Shine your boat is gorgeous bro! I just bought a 23 1986, has new transom will be adding a bracket and need to make a mold for the top of the transom like you did, your thread is very helpful!