abl1111 - this is the best shot I have. I hope it helps.

I'd rather not talk price without permission from John but you guys seem to have the right neighborhood. I was closer to abl111's number but have fairly spartan storage compartments, just 2 drawers and 1 shelf, no elaborate tackle center and not a ton of expensive drawers.

Looks great ! It narrow's the passage way to the cabin a bit but it does provide great seating and storage - the latter of which my wife wants. Everything's a trade-off.

I'm still playing with the idea of using (2) big, heavy-duty boat chairs so I can use them when I need and ditch them when I don't.

Making a 23' boat 'do it all' has it's challenges - the one thing the wife loves is the fact that no matter how snotty it gets in our moody Bay, it's always a smooth, dry ride.

Thx for the pix.

Wow! some beautiful work by all of you,I'm amazed by such beautiful work.and incredible detail

I'm a little late to this,but here's a few pics of my 74 Tsunami(as though I haven't bored you enough with lots of pics already)
Took me three years to do the restore,as I paid for everything along the way.and doing some horse trading for some of the stuff.
As for custom things there aren't many but the seat bases were formed out of aluminum tubing so we could slide 125 quart coolers under them.
The radar arch was a custom fit model made by Atlantic Towers. the arch came with six launchers but it now sports It came with six launchers,but have since added six or eight more.
You can never have enough rod holders,I think I'm up to 22 of them at this point.
I had a friend make the canvas work out of Sunbrella Supreme(aka seamark)also has a zippered drop down rear curtain,and a full aft canvas.
I replaced every core except the upper bow deck,had to do the transom,-engine beds,-motor box,-all hatches-etc.Used marine ply with epoxy resin to glue the cores together and used vinylester and polyester for all the glass layup.
I got rid of the bait wells that were in the transom cap.With the exception of the radar and the engine(260hp Mercruiser)everything else was purchased new.
I sprayed the hull with Epifanes two part linear urethane,and it's held up incredibly well,other than a few dock rashes.

With the kicker and four down riggers at the stern and rear gunwhales the boat sits low in the water,and lists a bit to the stbd side. Looking back I wish I didn't overbuild it with so much glass and would have used a composite all leading to a reduction in weight.

I love this boat.It is so good in every way It's six and a half hours away at my camp in west NY on the Great lakes (l.Ontario),and every time I get a chance to get up there,I'm excited as I was the day I first got it.
The help and information on this site is so very good I have to thank all of you for the help and insight to keep going on this restoration.

BTW, the seats pictured near the end were a recent purchase.They are very comfortable and look good in this size boat.A bit pricy(about 300.00 ea)but well worth it,so much more comfortable than the seats in the earlier pics. Best price by far was Amazon,they wer over $100.00 less than the lowest seller.


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Really bringing me back to my Waukegan days when I had the fever bad... Your helm looks like my brain in those days (mid 90's). Spoons, flies, flashers, dipseys, lead core and riggers... makes me want to dig up some pictures and scan/post.

I had an old Pacemaker inboard back then and a few larger boats in-between but now I have a 23 Tsunami and looking forward to getting her out on the water (Florida East).

My 87 scepter before and after the hardtop. New trailer as well.

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What a long strange trip its been

Sweet looking ride.
What did you use on the hull for that beautiful finish?

tons of prep and sanding. awlcraft 2000 sprayed by a pro.

Have not been on here a lot but here is my 81. Twin Zuk 140's and a hard top. Thinking about putting teak covering boards on the gunnel. Anyone do that to their Sceptre?


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Hi, new member here. Just picked up a 1980 23 scepter, here are a few photos, 225 Yamaha x long shaft. first on the list clean, wet sand and compound hull.
home base -long island n.y.