[PipeDreamsMarine]

Lenghtened their Sea Craft? We have all done our share of floors and hatches and transoms, but has anyone lenghtend one. I'm thinking about adding 4 feet to my Seavette. I took out the I/O and added a full width fiberglass bracket( same one that the new Silverhawks use). This change gave me more room in the back of the boat. Then I was thinking of moving the cabin ahead to get about a foot more space in the cockpit. This move would cause me to loose a foot in the cabin, mainly in the lounge area of the Vette. I was ok with this but still wanted more lenght on the back of the boat. See, I love the look of the Vette but I feel it needs more after the windshield to realy make the boat look good. My plans for the boat to make it a family boat that can make the run offshore to fish also. This is the reason for the larger cockpit.

Just the other day my good friends over at Silverhawk called and said that someone had left a 23 Sceptre in their driveway on the ground. They wanted to know If I wanted anything from it before they cut it up. Well the gears started turning and out came the tape measure. The last 4 feet of a 23 stays the same, except for the shearline. So why not cut it 1 foot up from the stern and add a 4 foot section to it and then dress the shearline from behind the windshield to the transom. Brace the underside of the hull with 6x6 to hold the running surface true, then drop in the section and glass it in over lapping glass out. Mold in 4 stringers. Fair and glass in the outside and build the gunnel section to match.... any thoughts.. I have 2 weeks off comming up real soon and all the parts, just need more beer...