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There is a reason Potter didn't make the 25' CC into production.
They couldn't get it right :( I would think twice about your idea.
Listen to all the above advise.

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Originally Posted by FLexpat (Post 250058)

I think BigFluke made a CC out of a 25 - If I recall correctly he put the engine under the console with a jackshaft to a Weismann racing outdrive. He is a Naval Architect in HI so I suspect he got the balance right. Big Shrimpin probably knows a whole lot more about it.

I believe BigFluke purchased the boat already converted into a CC. It was a different hull he did the race drive on. I believe he has 3-4 25's? I have some pics of both somewhere and will add Pics if I find them. Bigfluke will know more about the 25 hull than anyone if you can contact him.....

Pics of the CC 25 conversion

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The one with the outdrive...

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Saw this on Tampa CL
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From BigFluke:

http://www.wellcraftv20.com/gallery/...e_Carvalho.jpg

http://www.classicseacraft.com/commu...t=20269&page=4

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Originally Posted by bigfluke (Post 169232)

Blackfin,
I did buy the SeaCraft 25' in Massachusetts that wss converted to a center console by a commercial fisherman. He really knew what he was doing: removing the foredeck cabin and building a fishbox from the footwell to the forward end of the v-berth inner liner shifted the lcg forward and kept the vcg as low as possible. From what I understand the fishbox was always full of ice or fish so his set up is much as Moesly envisioned with his ballasting system. He also moved the helm aft a bit which is a lot more comfortable then the original helm about 2' more forward. With the big block sterndrive giving it adequate stern weight, it runs much better than the other two SeaCraft 25s I have that were originally rigged with a smal block sterndrive and the other that I retrofitted with a single large outboard on a porta-bracket. Excellent seakeeping out to about 22 knots. Above that speed needs to be driven very attentively and with constant tab adjustment to keep upright in rough water or it will loll.

If the floor is out, I don't see why you couldn't add 300-500lbs of glass / lead to the hull to the center section. You would also be able to reinforce the weak area in front of the stringers.

BigFluke told us where the LCG should be from the heel of the boat (7.9ft). Notch the transom, lose the bracket, and add some weight low in the hull up front (larger fuel tank + extra glass / lead).

I think this 150gallon tank could fit. I have to measure, b/w the stringers again.

http://www.easternmarine.com/moeller...l-tank-ft15004

The pic is from a 23, but you get the idea where I am talking about adding weight.

http://www.wellcraftv20.com/gallery/..._weightadd.jpg

well I did find a complete 8.1 mpi bravo package I can pick up at a deal, might forget the center console idea and convert her back to an I/O.
It would be a lot cheaper than 18K and no motors

Bigfluke just beat me to buying that modified 25. It was in Sandwich, Ma if I recall correctly and was run by a commercial guy. I remember him telling me the same thing...up to 25mph is was spot on but then required attention. He also reiterated that he kept the forward fish box full of ice and catch.

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Originally Posted by bilgerat (Post 250123)

well I did find a complete 8.1 mpi bravo package I can pick up at a deal, might forget the center console idea and convert her back to an I/O.
It would be a lot cheaper than 18K and no motors

I have to say, the older I get quickly, the more I like dance floors and windshields.

well the 8.1 didn't last long enough for me to even go look at it, I do have a bravo transom assy and a buddy has a bravo III duo prop hes selling, Might put a 5.7 with the BIII in it, any one running a BIII in a 25?

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Originally Posted by bilgerat (Post 250135)

Now you are talking.
Buy it if it is sweet.