Another 25 Seafari goes under the knife

[workinpr0gress]

Originally Posted by gofastsandman

THT 5% true.
CSC....... Priced less with more value.

Nice work,
GFS

Lol, true.

Blue Heron, this baby is really coming together, beautiful work.

[strick]

I like the window frames.

strick

[Blue_Heron]

Thanks for the comments, gentlemen. Chuck, I like the window frames, too, especially because I didn’t have to paint them. The powder coating cost less than a quart kit of zinc chromate primer. That made the decision a no brainer.

Still making progress. I needed a panel to close off the bulkhead between the water tank and the fuel tank compartment. I waxed a sheet of stainless steel I had lying around and laid up a panel.







I coated my fuel tanks with epoxy and ¾ oz glass cloth to seal them against corrosion a couple weeks ago and got them installed today.





With the fuel tanks installed, I could install the tank hatch and the live well seat box.





I’ve also been thinking of ways to critter proof the boat. Here in paradise, we’ve got all sorts of bugs, birds, mammals, etc, that love to nest in boats parked in the yard. I’ve had to remove Carolina Wren nests from the center console of my 20 sf two years in a row. And I had a huge paper wasp nest in one of the hatch gutter drains on my Action Craft last summer. So I figured the bilge vents could benefit from a little bug screen:



I temporarily taped the screen in place and slathered the edges with some 5200 to hold it in place.

I’ve done a bunch of work in the engine compartment, but I’m not ready to post pics yet. Maybe next week.

Dave

[Blue_Heron]

Bought a bunch of electrical stuff. Most of it's not installed yet.



Here are some progress pics. They're pretty self explanatory.











Back at it again tomorrow.
Dave

[DonV]

Damn.....I wish I had stock in Charlotte PVC Co. I think you just raised the stock price!!!!! :-)

Dave, It's looking VERY good, very clean and professional.

[floorboy]

Great googly moogly, how many trips to the hardware store did THAT take???

I would have a pile twice that big on the floor from changing stuff when it interfered with something else....... GREAT JOB!!!!!!!

Damn good thing you live down south, that looks like a winterization nightmare.

[Blue_Heron]

Originally Posted by DonV

Damn.....I wish I had stock in Charlotte PVC Co. I think you just raised the stock price!!!!! :-)

Dave, It's looking VERY good, very clean and professional.

Thanks, Don. You might rather invest in Bluesea Systems. They got considerably more of my $$ than Charlotte Pipe Co.

Originally Posted by floorboy

Great googly moogly, how many trips to the hardware store did THAT take???

I would have a pile twice that big on the floor from changing stuff when it interfered with something else....... GREAT JOB!!!!!!!

Damn good thing you live down south, that looks like a winterization nightmare.

Thanks, Rod. You hit the nail on the head about the hardware store. If I was better organized, I might be able to make one trip a week. But the guys at the local Ace Hardware have gotten used to seeing me two or three times a weekend.

I hadn't thought about winterizing, but you make a good point. Once every 5 or 10 years we'll get enough freezing nights in a row for it to be a problem. I'm pretty sure I can suck the water out of each of the systems with a shop vac if I need to.

Dave

[DonV]

Yeah....I know!!! I looked at all the different marine electrical products out there when I did mine, you know the "China Cheapies" like Sierra, etc., and settled on Blue Sea for everything. It hurt the 'ol check book but there is no comparison in quality. Take care!!

[strick]

Dave-

I am impressed. I see you have two fuel filters. One for each tank? Or are you mounting a kicker? I only have one common fuel filter that both tanks feed into. If no kicker then why would you need two? I do like the dual bilge pumps. Your kicking butt so keep it going. Not sure about glassing the tanks. Much easier to paint them with something. Did the glass bond ok to the aluminum? I see some air under the glass? Did you have those metal brackets custom made...the ones that the fuel lines feed into? And what is mounted to them?

strick

[wattaway2]

bilge looks great ! what type of hose are you using to glue to the pvc pipe? I
was a lil worred about it staying together