I'm Confused???

Its OK, I'm usually confused by Sandy's posts too

Yeah, sometimes me too!!! I'm glad he did not write Obamacare.....wait maybe he did!!!!!

Let her run. This can NOT be viewed as cryptic can it? Jeez.

Don, healthcare was great when the church ran it. Not big pharm and Hartford,CT.

Yes Sir Sandy, now we have the super efficient Federal Government going to run it....ouch!!

I'm thinking for the first time in my life, it pays to be poor.

What a NICE day to take the boat out on the 1st outting
My sister in law did not take the best pics but here they are.

I did run into a couple of minor issues

I connected the teleflex steering cable backwards but took care of that out on the water
I need the reverse to be adjusted. It goes into reverse but you can tell it needs adjustment as it slips out of gear.
I have the scuppers that drain out directly thur to the bottom of the hull need to buy 2 drain plugs as when the fat boy (me) stands in the back water comes in

I still have water in the gas and I had to dump fuel/water out of the racor 4 times so I need to talke care of that

I ran up to 5200 RPM's and it felt like it had some more need to check cable adjustment too.

I really do need a Bimini or T-Top fast I baked out there today

But over all it ran great!!!!

couple tidbits - on that cable only do 1 barrel roll - I just went thru that with mine - you can't believe how much 1 means LOL

on the fuel, if you tilt it back on the trailer the pickup will get an awful lot of it out, I got a slug in the keys a few years ago and once I did that it was manageable with the filters until it was gone. Adding some water remover helped after draining the tank but the bulb will damn near drain the tank. If you let it settle out a few days you can skim the most of the gas and use it in the car but let it sit.

a big beach umbrella that has an adjustable angle for the top would work in a rod holder or hawes pipe for a couple weeks maybe - its scorching out, I hunt the shade LOL

the umbrella in the hawes pipe would work well if you went someplace you could sit in the water

So nice to hear you got it in the water and it brought you back - this thread has been like reading War & Peace - Congrats

Look's Great on the water Jorge! ahh Biscayne Bay. It's still June also so you made it!

Congratulations !!!!!

wildbill

Going to see if I can get some of it done and sneak out tomorrow afternoon

I for sure need it for mini lobster season and then the Keys

Like someone once told me

It's better to ask for forgiveness than permission

awsome jorge! i hope to be looking out for you soon myself. looks great.

I went to show a house to one of my clients (I am also a realtor) and in the trash pile I found a cutting board that it looks like it was made for my boat.
can't wait to get some blood on it!!!

Congrats on the splash Jorge! You've earned it. Nice alley find on the cutting board;). Fish cleaning pix coming soon...

Hey Jorge... i just finished reading your entire thread... Great work you've done with your SeaCraft!!!! nicely done!!!! by the way this guy http://cuttingedgeboattops.com/index.html I've used before for my leaning post on my Mako 18LTS which i sold before getting my SeaCraft, he can really build some real good leaning post and they are very durable... I would recomend him... i think his name is Carlos if i remember correctly.

I have spoken to Carlos already but with now having 3 kids in college the budget is being limited by the Admiral,

but it looks like he does good work

Time to work on the console

Here is what I have in mind ...but sometimes that does not work out

Deciding on either doing teak which looks great but needs yearly (at least) maintenence or starboard like material

I really do not want all the electronis on the top on the console


I would like the dash to have a clear sliding doors with a lock so I can used the "glovebox" on the left and flush mount a Garmin 740s a VHF and marine Stereo on the right .
I want clear so that I can keep the door closed and still see the equipment

With either application I think I need to buy fabricate something that is at least 2-3 inches behind the plexi doors so the all will fit and close.

I need help in locating (prefered ) this insert to do this or how to make it

The Console doors

I would like a door that open in 2 parts with one opening being hindged at about 3/4 +/- of the door on top and the rest to open if I need to get something big in or out

Here is a pic of another members console and what mine looks like now and that's more or less what I would like


I would really like to get some input on this and some ideas where to source all of this
Pictures would be great

It's been awhile since I posted anything or done anything to the boat.
Last time I went out only to have a fuel issue and having to get towed back.
When I looked at the bowl under the racor the gas was a "diffent" color.
After taking off the filter it was full of what looked to be bits of the float to the sender.
When I spoke to my buddy at my marine store to told me not bits of the float but it the crap that the ethonal cleaned from the inside of my tank.

I plan to get something to clean the inside of the tank since it is now empty..SUGGESTIONS PLEASE FOR THIS get a new sender filter etc....

I have already changed all of the fuel hoses from the tank to engine and the ones on the engine so I'm ok with that

Also although the paint job that I did on the outer hull came out ok something has bothered me.

1. the shade of blue is not what I wanted it came out too blue ...I want the lighter sky blue it came with and there are some imperfections that most rookie backyard painters meke so now that is is cooler to work on these things I plan to "get er done"

Maybe Santa Claus will bring me a leaning post

Then I need to get the console and electronics done

I don't know of a way to do it with the tank installed - seems like the ethanol is doing a pretty good job. You might just have to keep swaping filters till it cleans up, shouldn't be that long. If you stay on it you should be able to dump the filter rather than switch them each time - not sure if you have one the motor but check that one too

I was lucky I didn't have any issues when I switched but my tank had been swapped out

If you need some measurements let me know

I have a Merc Black Max and I can trim it up all the way with no issues