Found this gem recently 23 SF 1974
 

Found this gem recently. 1974.

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Looking at it for awhile. I'm gonna do it up. Contemplating on keeping an I/O or bracket it. Either way its gonna be another Seacraft saved.

Good one! Pretty sure that's the one I checked out at Sag Harbor Yacht Yard a couple of years ago.
Rod

yup, gonna need top to bottom,

If you have any energy left after you get through with this one you can come come get the Seavette I rescued last fall:D

Nice find!

nice find looks like a lot of work but bet you"ll be surprised how much a good bath will help in making her a lil more presentable

Far from the basket case I'm taking on. Looking forward to seeing how she comes out.

Thumbs up Freddy. Let me know when you start work . I really want to see the process up close and personal. I'm sure it will be a head turner!

It has been repowered with a 350 magnum,and drive set up.anyone know if that dash is the way it was in 74,or was the face replaced with a teak plywood?Any pict of a original 74 dash?has the walk in head compartment.lets see what pressure washer and bleach will do for her.hasen't been registered in a while...

Awesome ! Un molested and beautiful.

Great find good luck with the new project!!

bumped, going in for a full restoration, wish me luck !

Fas don't know if you need it but I have the dog house from my 73 23 cc laying around contact me if you need it

Got her all cleaned up. Was not too big a deal. Looks pretty good as is, BUT, soft everywhere. I gotta take it apart and do it right.


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Console looks like it needs to be reworked. It will be customized.


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The cap had to come off. Too many holes over the years and got into all the balsa. Came off like mush.


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That should do it


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2 thumbs up Freddy, looks cool. Keep those pics coming!

any body like teak? it is the beauty of wood.should I redo this boat as it was ,or use modern stuff, and customize it to todays times? I bought it for Resale...need some thoughts on keeping it an I/O or and O/B, or a bracket boat...We have very shallow water in this area so thats why I am asking.it will be for up for grabs, now or later.

For resale I would go modern and put and OB on for power. Even though the teak looks cool.

Do you want to sell the swim platform?

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Yo Terry
That would make a cool dining table in that Airstream ::D

Capt. Chuck,
Or Terry could attach it to the front, or rear of the Airstream with hinges and you would have excellent sleeping quarters for GFS. Nice teak platform versus some beat up 'ol pressure treated pine picnic table, what a nice upgrade that would be. :)

built in bedding scuppers in case squalls encroach on the picnic...:D

Metan put an engine under the console of a 23 with a jackshaft to an I/O - there is a Youtube video somewhere of it. It was a pretty impressive looking arrangement - worth thinking about (but I don't have an extreme aversion to gimbal bearings :D)

Correction - it was Metan (not Wildfire) :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDLwnWmhYtc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqe04oS2qUY

Yes, the Metan redo's are nice video's to watch.I like looking around the background to see what other stuff they have going on.And Islandtrader,If I go with an outboard conversion, the platform obviously will not be used,It is a nice piece, and complete.

The console is a disaster. It's coming together, lot of glass work, lot of holes, lot of removed teak, quite a project on this part. It's taking as long as a complete deck, but it's almost there. Another week and it'll be in primer, ready for all new rigging.

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Gutted the interior, EVERYTHING out, all new foam, glassed in stringers, extra support, all 1708 cloth. Took out the I/O stringers, reglassed the floor with extra layers of 1708 all the way thru. New rigging tubes are in, we cut a lot more out this week, those pictures will come in a little while. This boat is going to be an outboard.

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Alotta work done to the decks, under and on top. So many holes! All glass reinforced, now it's in primer.

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It's been awhile since I posted pictures but we've been busy on a couple restorations. Still not sure if this should be a bracketed boat or a cut transom outboard. I'm open for ideas SOON, I'm ready to cut the transom out and redo it. I'm opting for the cut transom at 30". Not enough pros on the bracketed boats. Looking for input.

Also gonna have a few original parts for sale soon. Let me know if anyone on here wants some stuff. Cleats, console rod holders, swim platform, bow light, all original stuff. I don't know what kind of money I want for them, let me know what you guys are looking for.

The clamps worked good, a few screws pulling the corners together, and wedges jammed in around the bottom layers secured the new transom to the hull.

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Everything jammed in tight. Squeezed out resin everywhere.

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All cut to fit, dropped in nicely, cabosiled all the corners and edges. Three layers woven roving outside the plywood and double 1708 tabbed in all the corners.

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We are going to go with two 3/4 pieces, marine plywood, laminated together and sandwiched with CSM mat.

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Everything is almost cleaned up. A lot of nasty stuff.

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Ready to cut it.

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Going for the transom. We're gonna make this boat a cut transom at 31", not a bracketed boat.

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All the bilges are done, new foam all sealed up, tank platform and new bulkheads. Obviously not going back to an I/O for several reasons. Really do not like the bracket look so it's gonna get cut and framed in with a well like some of the later 23's.

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Shaping up!

Starting to get back in action on this boat, let it hang for the summer but starting to gain interest again. The transom well will be all Coosa and glassed in to gain transom support. More will come...

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No more Mercruiser cutout, working on a mockup transom to use for a template.

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Deck is on and cut off the top cap so we can make up a well.

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Transom is in at 2 1/4" thickness, all sealed, top and bottom, should last a lifetime.