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Originally Posted by Gmoney28
Thanks for the reply s , I have a friend and he loves his , it is an 23 ft c.c. 1985 . Those that have a 23 are you comfortable running 40 miles off shore , comfortable meaning confident in the boats ability to get you back , because of course getting there is not imperative , getting back is . Do the through hull scupper s effectively drain the decks , can you take water over the gunnels or transom with out flooding motors , the boat has a nice tight engine cover and 3 bilge pumps , of course I understand the amount of water is relative to how much a pump or scupper can remove . That has been y major concern , with the full transom and decent sides it seems that it should be fine as ,omg the operator doesn't go out when has no business being there , but I have been caught in storms that were not suppose to be in the forecast .
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We used to regularly run from Miami to Bimini in our 23 Sceptre and the boat could take far more than I could - I didn't like going out in more than 3-5 because it was often way worse by the time I came home - I vividly remember looking up to the tops of waves while puckering but the boat did fine.
Waves over bow are no big deal if the windshield is closed - you get wet otherwise but not all that much gets in.
I'm in a rebuild now and found the scupper block on port side to be leaking - check/fix those - I am leaving them in original location but am going to 1-1/4". Mine would drain just fine even with a couple of big guys and a livewell aft. Never had motor or bilge flood but had a beam sea break into cockpit a couple of times when I should not have been out trolling - drained just fine. Other than the scupper blocks, my biggest concern would be where the exhaust pipe connects to the transom housing; often gets corrosion badly there - The flanges around the bottom 2 bolts on mine were completely gone. It is def worth pulling the engines and checking those once (or at least look at em with a remote video) - you are screwed if that breaks/leaks while you are out.
I would be VERY surprised if the transom on a '76 did not have at least some rot - noticing just a few drops of water weeping when I pulled my tabs started my rebuild and my transom was toast.