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Originally Posted by Bigshrimpin (Post 262098)

Mike - I really like this configuration for the 25.

Like to fab something up so that it will go back to the original mounting point of the original windshield. Something like member Handful near me done to his sceptre 23. I got a ton of low density foam and may try to do a mold so they could be duplicated possibly.

I always wanted try making a pilot top with a couple of roll down windows or pop out windows from a mini van.

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Originally Posted by Bigshrimpin (Post 262097)

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

This was Richie Carvalho's old 25 that big fluke bought, before it went to Hawaii. I suspect the pilot house came off when the 25 went into a container for shipping.

https://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=773...7802&id=162589

Coincidentally one of the senior engineers that managed the 25 seafari project for Steven Loui now works at WHOI. If I remember correctly he said there were four or five 25 seafari's that went to Hawaii.

Kama II (Dougs 25 with twin 190 hp Volvo Duo Props)
Devil Fish (Center Console) w/454 and Bravo Drive
25 with 300hpdi and Porta Bracket
25 with 480 hp Yanmar and Weismann drive
I think there was one more.

Thats a looker there, just enough forward rake on it. A couple handcrank windows would be prettty sweet!

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Originally Posted by dirtwheelsfl (Post 262111)

Thats a looker there, just enough forward rake on it. A couple handcrank windows would be prettty sweet!

My Seafari fold out windshield sure made the cockpit more comfortable than my buddies 23 Formula windshield which was either stationery or had s small vent at the bottom- too many years ago!

"Too many years ago" Hmmm, seems like yesterday. Spent a lot of time in both 23 Formulas and Seafaris. Terry's right, down south, large opening windows are the cat's meow.

Richie Carvalho's old 25 looks so bad ass. How was the ride?

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Originally Posted by thehermit (Post 262128)

Richie Carvalho's old 25 looks so bad ass. How was the ride?

http://www.classicseacraft.com/commu...232#post169232

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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.

Nice find Bigshrimpin...I was just going to look for that.

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Originally Posted by Bigshrimpin (Post 262136)

http://www.classicseacraft.com/commu...232#post169232

Bad ass!
Blackfin....did you ever save any pix of the 25 CC?