Forum: General
10-19-2003, 01:04 AM
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Replies: 39
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Re: Tow Vehicle for a Seacraft 23CC
I have a 97 f150 2wd and it rips my boat up the ramps around mass, which are shitty ramps to say the least. My boat weighs approx 5300 lbs loaded. Four wheel drive if you are going to launch at a...
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Forum: General
10-19-2003, 01:00 AM
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Replies: 43
Views: 376
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Forum: Repairs/Mods.
05-19-2003, 12:18 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 182
Re: Best Non skid Deck Paint?
I wouldn't use awlgrip because it is veeery slippery when wet... even with nonskid mixed in. A friend of mine had his 23' recently rebuilt with awlgrip/nonskid and i almost fell over when the decks...
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Forum: General
04-03-2003, 03:56 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 196
Re: Look familiar?
Hey good picture for comparison BigShrimpin... i havent seen a seacraft without bottom paint to compare the pics to, the lines look pretty damn exact, correct me if im wrong. Good thread, atleast...
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Forum: General
04-01-2003, 07:09 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 196
Re: Look familiar?
yeah, the patent has long expired, i have heard that and thats why everyone and their brother gets away with the rip-off: oh well, atleast they are heading boat design in the right direction: the...
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Forum: General
04-01-2003, 04:14 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 196
Re: Look familiar?
Ive got to kick in my two cents on this one... I posted on thehulltruth about this whole issue. Next time you are at the boat show, look at the 23' sea and the silverhawk: the damn things are almost...
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Forum: General
01-22-2003, 05:15 PM
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Replies: 11
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Re: Stand alone fishfinder suggestions?
Go with the si-tex cvs106 (the new one i think its the cvs106l has a slim tft scrn). That has always been a good sounder, just as good as the furuno has same features, but buy the dual frequency-...
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Forum: Performance
01-17-2003, 10:15 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 655
Re: HP on a 20ft CC
The bracket moves the weight further away from the transom and unless it is a flotation bracket, i would certainly keep weight in mind, going with a lighter motor on a bracket. With a bracket, you...
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Forum: Performance
01-16-2003, 09:41 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 655
Re: HP on a 20ft CC
My brother-in-law's family has a 1969 yellow seacraft that originally had an 85 evinrude on it and it allegedly ran great even with the 85- it now has a 140 evinrude on it, and man is it fast. Does...
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Forum: General
01-16-2003, 09:34 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 159
Re: Show us yer boats II
JohnR when are you going to get one of these dream boats? you only live once you know... Gotta spoil yourself on this one, if your passion is bass/sportfishing around rhody, get yourself a 23'...
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Forum: General
01-16-2003, 09:26 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 63
Re: Transom Height
I do believe it was a 20" transom. Weird huh? with all that deadrise they still pulled a 20" transom... thats the one flaw i saw with those was the short transom/splashwell(sinkwell) I have no...
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Forum: General
12-08-2002, 01:24 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 183
Re: ? about a Bracket
Thats a deal for sure... as long as the decks arent soft, and the boat checks out with the surveyor. You'd be looking at probably 17K+ up in the northeast, although i know you can get boats a little...
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Forum: General
12-05-2002, 08:54 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 183
Re: ? about a Bracket
This is strictly an opinion here... that bracket doesn't look like it could take much in the way of a sea and bouncing around- it doesnt look well secured either. My Gil Bracket is fastened with 18...
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Forum: Performance
12-01-2002, 03:33 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 95
Ficht Outboards...???
Go to www.google.com (http://www.google.com) and type in "ficht outboard problems" and look at the smorgasbord of hits you get... this one in particular(...
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Forum: Performance
12-01-2002, 03:22 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 268
Re: 225 Evinrude
Has bombardier worked out the kinks on the FICHT outboards since they bought OMC? I am aware that it was a largely unstable system and there were lots of warrantied blown FICHT motors... I know a...
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Forum: General
11-27-2002, 03:28 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 141
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Forum: General
11-25-2002, 02:52 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 115
Re: I'm thinking Doghouse
The maritime skiff pilot house is somewhere around 2500-3000 dollars... I was going to buy one, built one for about 600 instead
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Forum: General
11-25-2002, 01:59 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 141
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