New to the board 1973 23 SF CC
 

Hello,
My name is Josh and I live in key west. I love this board and my boat. It's a 1972 23' SF CC. It currently has a 350 merc with an IO. Thank you for all of your posts and wisdom on this board. Hope to see you out on the water.
Tight lines!
Josh

Welcome aboard!

Welcome aboard MS. Capt'n! We've got a lot of "nuts in this barrel, but there is always room for at least two more! (we just of kinda stretch the barrel)

BTW, we don't have many MS. Capt'ns; if you haven't noticed already. But as Martha would say about having more like you, "It's a good thing!"

Ha! I don't get it.... I'm a dude, not a MS. Haha

Welcome aboard Josh, and nice boat and location to use it!

Welcome aboard Josh ! How do you like your crows nest have contemplated doing one with out controls for awhile don't want to get stuck up there while everyone else fishes

I love the spotting tower. If and when I repower, I will run fly by wire controls up there. It's great when trolling offshore down here to spot weed lines.

Sweet ride!
I gotta admit I'm partial to I/Os in spite of needing the extra gearing and the dreaded gimbal bearing for the outdrive. The I/O 23 SF is really nice. Alpha or Bravo? What are the performance numbers?

Thank you for the nice comments. I run at 3500rpm and that gets me a cruise of 30 knots. At 4500 rpm I get top end of 38 knots. I run a 14.5x19 prop. I love the heavy ride of my I/O. Cruising offshore of key west in 2-4 foot seas, I can still cruise at 25 knots. I just picked up the boat this past February from a guy down here in the keys. He brought it down from Virginia. It had a name burned into the gelcoat "summertime" with a home port of Yorktown, VA. I just got done restoring the gelcoat. It appears everything on the boat is original which I love.

Stern is done

Starboard is done. Tomorrow the port side....

More of the stbd....

nice shine!

The freeboard is all done.... What a job! Wet sanded the entire freeboard with 220, 400,600,800,100 then 1500. Then I applied the 3M imperial rubbing compound and then the 3M finesse. Next is the bottom coat. What color should I go with? Black or Blue?

Nice job! My shoulders hurt just seeing the pics!

It looks like the PO put bottom paint right up to the I/O? I am told (and read) that there should be a minimum 1.5" gap to help limit I/O corrosion. So you might want to mask that gap when you repaint?

Wow! nice job on the gel coat restoration

It's finally done.. I couldn't be happier with the results... For a 42 year old boat, it looks like new..if not better..

Great job bringing that gelcoat back to life:D

nice!

Well done!

Welcome to CSC!
Nice hard work. I remember that color on my '78. I should have had you restore it :)

Saw he posted it for sale on Craigslist... hope she goes to a good home!

I'm guessing mikey posted this in the wrong spot?????

I thought about selling it as I worked a deal on a 32 twin vee, but I Deleted it after a couple of days. I decided to keep it and modify it a bit to make it more what I want. I hate the engine compartment from the IO, but I can't push myself to spend all the money on a bracket and outboard conversion. I'm getting 2mpg cruising at 28 knots, so I will make the best of it.

So far this week, I added a teak platform,,,,,

And more rod holders.. Next are trim tabs, seadek coming bolsters and deck and a bow dodger to keep my daughter happy.

Nice job bringing the shine back, looks great! I think I remember seeing that boat for sale when it was up here.

wow, the shine you got back to the hull is fantastic, nice work!!

Are you in New Town or up the keys a bit?

Thank you. I live in key west.