Re: 1969 20 with Bracket
 

What have I gotten into? Are there really that many nuts about Sea Craft like me? NOW where you when I needed help with the grinding and sanding????

The only question I can answer now is "C" from JohnR and that answer is not enough and "D" is the cheap stuff 'cause I couldn't afford the good stuff with all I was spending! (wife guards the check book)

I will be getting together a progress "album" and some measurments requesed. In the meantime, thanks for the comments and I will get the rest soon.

Re: 1969 20 with Bracket
 

Jwilliams

Before your checkbook gets a Fort Knox lock on it from the wife you need some cool
'69 Classic Potter Built Hull ID stickers http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung...smiley-031.gif

----> HDS Stickers

I know Jason I'm relentlesshttp://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung...smiley-008.gif

Re: 1969 20 with Bracket
 

Chuck,
Any 73's left?

R

Re: 1969 20 with Bracket
 

jwilliams, welcome to csc i love your boat been wanting to do the same thing to my 20. Could you post some shots of the cockpit/transom area? Also was your boat originally an outboard or io? boat looks great!

Re: 1969 20 with Bracket
 

Thanks for the encouragement! I will be getting together progress and final shots of some some details I worked out.

I bought the boat 5 yers ago and it only sunk once! It went under during a hurricane 4 years ago while tied to a floating dock. It was an outboard and the older 20's had a 20" transom so the deluge of rain over ran the bilge. That inspired the closed transome.

My advice to anyone doing this on a 20' would be to move all you can forward! Mine gets up and runs and rides well but sitting at a dock, it is so low in the back the scuppers do not drain because they are so low in the water. I put "ping pong ball" type stoppes on the transome outlet and they work great. Then built a sump (pics will come) with automatic bilge pump to handle rain and wash down at the dock. Not the best solution but works well.

The progress pics should be sent next week.

Re: 1969 20 with Bracket
 

I am not sure what the prop dimensions are. I will find out when I pull it to have it cupped.

Top speed was not as impressive as I had hoped. With my old 175 transome mount it pushed 54mph on the Lowrance GPS according to the water wheel. Now it only hits 45/46mph.

Re: 1969 20 with Bracket
 

I looked at the "Potter" sticker and liked the idea but dicided to go with a custom script logo that stayed in the color theme (I know too Gucci). Pic will follow.

Re: 1969 20 with Bracket
 

QUOTE: 54mph on the Lowrance GPS according to the water wheel. Now it only hits 45/46mph.


Waterwheel or GPS? Waterwheel's are not acurate.

[img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] i really like the boat. the colors are sharp and make a statment of Class. Is the bottom Copper colored? [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

HeHe You were warned that you would be hounded with questions. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

Re: 1969 20 with Bracket
 

beautiful boat. That paint job looks flawless!! Did you do that yourself? If so what did you use for paint? Nice teak rails too!!

Re: 1969 20 with Bracket
 

Only 45mph with a 200 on it?! I think your GPS must be off - mine, with a full 75 gallons of fuel will hit 43mph with a heavy 140 on it. You must be able to go a LOT faster than my ride with that engine on there...

Irrespective of speed (which I'm not all that into), you have a very nice looking boat [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]