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Well, I sea trialed my new boat. Also, the surveyor kicked the tires pretty good. She passed with flying colors.

She is a 1972 23' SeaCraft w/ a flotation bracket and twin Yamaha 2000 200 HP OX66's. New deck was installed and raised two inches.

Here are some lousy pictures that I just snapped. As you can see she is dirty right now.


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I already have a list of projects (starting with getthing the trailer distribution weight correct)

Stay tuned.

Peter

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Man I'm happy for you Peter, It would have been hard
to replace the Armani of T's :D
Good luck with the new ride, don't forget to get with
Carla, 65Bowrider for the "Bling Emblems" Which will have
a nice contrast on the dark color.
See ya, Ken

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:cool: Peter, Peter, Peter, :D Glad to see its a Seacraft{potter era!!!)Welcome back??You never left, ya, that right.Glad you found her.

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Peter,

Congratulations on your new boat!!!!! And I'm glad it's a SeaCraft....was hoping you wouldn't stray....
I'll be glad to trade "To Do" lists with you....

Enjoy your new SeaCraft!

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Rigged to a T, nice find

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WTG Peter!! I'm happy for you and Good Luck :cool:

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Congrats on that deal......with a new raised floor and 400 ponies.....you may as well extend that T-top into wings....
It's beautiful!!

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Boat looks GREAT glad you stayed in the family.

Matt and Gail

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Congratulations! She's a fine looking boat.

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Congradulations Peter! Nice Catch! Nightmare becomes a dream come true. Very happy for you. Part II.

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Congrats Peter. I really like that Gucci compass! :cool:

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Hot Damn Peter !!!!!!!

NICE _ NICE _ NICE _ NICE !!!!!

way to go - and glad you stayed in the family !!

(and I should probably PM you - my brother was asking questions about your old boat...)


Bill

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Yeah, I got my wife a Gucci GPS / Compass for her car, while being lost she now knows what direction she is heading :D

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Don't mean to get off the thread, but I'm not seeing the images. Same thing has happened each time PeterB has posted pictures. I also never see the images for the tee shirts. I'm using Mozilla Firefox; anyone think that may be the problem, or what the problem may be?

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I'm using Mozilla as well and I can see them fine. Nice ride Peter. Is that a Seamark bracket?

strick

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Peter-Congrats. Nice ride. I like the hull color match with the bottom paint color. Potter all the way..........

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Snookerd,

What does your 23' top out with the twin 225's?

I got up to the low 50's yesterday w/the twin 200's. The surveyor thinks that if i move the engines up a notch on the bracket and/or I go from a 21 to a 19 pitch prop I should be able to do close to 60.

Your bad boy must must go up into the 60's.

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Make sure your security is not set too high and that you accept cookies. I have my security set at Medium and it seems to work well.

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Peter-That's the million dollar question on the top end speed. She has been high and dry for whole time I have had her. I am on the 2-3 year plan for a partial rebuild. Even though it is over-powered, I have to admit, I am looking forward to seeing the top end :cool:. The motors are on a hydraulic jack plate for tweaking. Should do a bit over 60.

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congrats Peter

it is a real sharp looking boat!

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Yep Congrat and what everyone else has said Peter- i think based on your previous boat and now this sweet ride I have come to the conclusion that you must have a need for speed

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Thanks everyone

Regarding Craig's comment about the need for speed, here is my take.

Twin outboards on a 23' is kind of like central AC. If you have lived without it it is no big deal. However, once you get the taste in your mouth it is a different story.

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Hey Peter, looks good congrats! Let me know when you bring it down, I'd love to check it out.

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Will do Chris

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Nice boat Peter, great find!

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Congratulations, Peter, great looking boat and appears the previous owner did all the right things. Questions - who did the glass work and bracket, and are your scuppers well above the water line at rest with that set-up?
Thanks,
Chris

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Nestor,

Nice motto! Hope it changes soon.


Chris,

Young Brothers in southern NJ did the deck work. They raised portions of the stringers so that the new deck is raised. The scuppers are thrutransom now. It is above the waterline.

I don't know who installed the bracket. The previous owner bought the boat in 2000 and the transom was already closed with the bracket on it.

Peter

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I wonder why they raised the deck. Never seen/heard of that being done on a 23'. The wet feet syndrome was inherit with the 20's. Maybe because of the weight of the big twins :D

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Chuck,

Now I have thru tansom scuppers that are above the water line. Would that have been possible if the deck weren't raised?

Peter

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Peter,

On my '78 the floor scuppers were thru the transom. The only time I would get any water back up thru them were if I had two fatazz fishermen standing in the aft corner and I was anchored up. Here is a couple of old shots showing the two drains thru the transom adjacent to the trim tabs.The 2nd pic shows the port side PVC drian coming out of the floor cup and 90* out the transom. I added the "T" piece which was a tie-in for the old gutter system around the battery/floor deck hatch in front of the splashwell.

I'm not trying to convey anything here right or wrong other than this was the system setup that was on my 23'without a raised floor.

http://www.classicseacraft.com/captc...edium/0015.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...floordrain.jpg

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Now I have heard of short cuts people have taken to re do their boats but this takes the Cake. Looks great.

FellowShip

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My motto: Just for the Grins :D

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Very nice peter...congrats!