1973 23 Seacraft restoration
 

It was a 5 month start to finish project a ton of nights and weekends to complete but worth everty second along the way. Huge thanks to my father for lending a hand on the rewiring and disassembly assistance. Will be posting photos of the entire process as time allows.

"Will be posting photos of the entire process as time allows".


Yes Sir!!! That is a CSC requirement! Looking forward to it. :)

This is how she started
 

She started off as a resonably nice boat with great economy for relatively new power.

Teardown started
 

The teardown started with eveything coming off. The console was mounted to a skid and put on a moveable platform to assist with filling all of the holes and fairing out the dips and divots.

Transom teardown and rebuild
 

As always this was the least fun. Since we needed to remove 2.5" of vertical height from the bracket it was easier to tear down from the outside not the inside. We rebuilt the transom with Koosa Bluewater 26 and vinylester resin. Tearing the old plywood out would have been miserable without air chisels and a bunch of people switching off when their arms nearly fell off.

Rebuild of the console
 

Rebuilding the console turned out to be a bigger project than thought (Imagine that... a Seacraft that takes more work than thought.) One of the old owners thought it was a good idea to cut out the entire face of the console. That had to change but was a nightmare to fair into the remainder of the console. The holes for the hardtop went away as a new one is in the works. Re-wiring was a necessity and thanks to my father for pitching in and completing all of the rewire.

Finished product.
 

Instead of boring eveyone with the details of how the rebuild process went along, here are a bunch of photos of the finished product. She's nice but still needs a few tweaks to make her just right. A new hardtop is being made as light as we can get it and some serious tweaks to the transom area to allow either seating or a kill box for whatever activity the day would entail.

I doubt anyone here would be bored with the process.... Great lookin' boat, love the color.

sexy lookin boat right there

Well done beautiful boat