New to me 2005 23’ with 2018 300 hp Evinrude G2
 

So looking forward to hitting the Great Lakes mainly Erie and Lake Michigan fishing for walleye and salmon as early as this weekend! Plan to keep a home near Ann Arbor Michigan and trailer for mobility. Ice is either gone or going soon! Very pumped with expectations of this boats potential. Love the layout and performance. Sea tried it last week on Lake Erie in cold high winds in small crat advisory and was very impressed. No doubt is fast enough to get there. Challenge will be to get it slow enough when I need to troll. Think will work well though.

Very nice!! NO doubt you will have plenty of speed! Somehow that boat would look more at home in Florida and warm weather trolling for dolphin! :)

Don't listen to Don! Our SeaCraft's look just right on the Great Lakes. Who in their right mind wants to wear flip-flops and shorts year-round.

Bill you were doing great until the third sentence!!! :) I mean shoot, why live where you MIGHT get six or seven months of nice weather a year versus us Crackers who are used to eleven plus months!!

No matter Jfd's boat looks sweet!!

Love the comments, thanks! Have to agree would be great to be chasing dolphin in Florida. Maybe that’s in this boats future. On the other hand these Great Lakes season’s keep our boats and motors young, they’re only used half the time! I appreciate being part of this group. A new seacraft owner!!

There may have been a touch of jealousy there. It’s been a long, long, long winter.

Jfd, seriously, you will love how the SeaCraft hull handles tight Great Lakes chop and their stability in fast changing conditions.

You're gonna want a pilothouse on that boat in the Great Lakes !

welcome ...non Potter SeaCraft owner...LOL we are catching up ,lol
Nice rig good luck, post some pic of sweetwater fish...

Joe R.
21 SeaCraft 1998 / 200 optimax
Susie 2

beautiful boat!

Some Slacker may have broken the ice.

Will the great lakes thaw this year?

Brutally ccccccccold this wintah.

Yeah. When He fell in.

What is this ice stuff you are talking about? You mean for the cooler? LOL

nice ride sir, i have the same boat but with a 250 vrod... when i repower, i plan to put the 400 merc on it. weighs exactly same as my current 30" 250, @ 676 lbs.. already have all the merc DTS so everything will be plug and play. gain 150 hp, 6 years warranty, no extra weight added... then i can keep with you :)

Alright Capt., now you have me interested with the 400 Merc. Per the CSC rules, which I just made up, we need pictures especially on plane. :)

well i havent done it yet because my 250 still runs super sweet:D
BUT with that said, for those of us that have the newer composite bass pro boats that are already smartcraft rigged, it's kind of a no brainer to remain with the DTS rigging. back then they didn't have 300, 350, and 400 options, only 250 and 275. who knew that 14 years later in the future, while everybody was bitching back then about how heavy they were, they would have a 300, 350, and 400 that weighs the same..... should be an obvious repower option for current composite boat needing repower, makes perfect sense to me anyway...
weight wont be the issue because it's the same. question will be whether or not the transom will fail or not with 150 more HP. We will find out one day!

A single 400 on a light hull should put WOT near 65-70mph

sounds high, got a t-top with enclosure that stays on year round, im hitting around 45-47 now , was thinking an honest 12-14 mph gain, upper 50s for sure and not surprised to kiss 60- 65-70 mph seems high, but giddy up girl!!
i mainly want just a faster cruise (inshore). i cruise 26-27 knots now at 4200, should be around 35 knots at 4200, with the 400 and a much taller screw. gonna be fun and interesting getting this beast propped. but the fuel burn will be same at 4200, but going much faster at same rpm/fuel burn, therefore much improved mpg. that's what i really like, and 6 years warranty, whereas i'm out warranty now.

I think you are pretty close; T-Top w enclosure is lots of drag - would probably cost 10-15% in speed over a 'bare' boat.

Curious about performance w/etec?