[Bigshrimpin]

My advice is not to spend the time and effort into converting a seafari into a CC. You will NOT save any money trying to build a 20cc out of a seafari. The material cost (w/o factoring time/labor) will greatly exceed ponying up the extra 4 - 5k to find a nice 20CC. 30 gallons of resin, a couple rolls of glass and brushes, rollers, buckets, trays, paint, primer, fairing compound, sandpaper, tools( grinder, DA sander, compressor, paint gun, board sander) acetone, MDF, mold release wax, gelcoat, core material (marine ply), 10 boxes of rubber gloves, drop cloths, new clothes . . . then a new motor, all the rigging (controls, steering, harness, tach, gauges, wiring, switch panel, bilge pumps, lights) center console, fuel tank, hoses, water seperator, seats + boat jewelry to get it together. Then one full year of all your free time (every weekend and most week nights). It's fun as hell but not something you do to save money. I'm a resourceful dude and even I can't make the numbers work buying all that stuff for pennies on the dollar and valuing my labor at a nickel an hour.


Part out the 2000 150hp rude should net you $1000, selling the trailer $800 - $1000, and anything else worth $$$ on that boat. You might walk away with $2200 - $2500 . . . put that $$ toward a good 18 or 20cc seacraft. There will be plenty of fiberglass work to do on another boat (hopefully a nice 18 or 20cc).

Strick is an animal!! He is meticulous, experienced, has a huge shop with all the right tools . . . even then his 20 took a full year to complete.