Another 25 Seafari goes under the knife

[Blue_Heron]

What kind of diver are you, tank, freediver, gun, sling? Ever done the rock piles off Bayport, 30-60 ft?

Connor

Hey Connor,
Any diving I do off the Seafari will be tank diving. The only snorkeling we do is during scallop season, and the Seafari ain't suited for the grass flats. I can't equalize fast enough to free dive deeper than about 15' anyway. Just getting too old for that stuff, I guess.

We dive the keys during mini season every year, and that has been my main diving focus for the last 15 years. I'm not familiar with the Bayport area, but I started spear fishing for grouper out of Cedar Key a couple years ago, and I'd like to do more of that. There are quite a few artificial reefs off Levy and Suwannee County, and some of them hold grouper if the Jewfish haven't crouded them out.

I expect to use the Seafari mainly for fishing; grouper at home, and offshore trolling in the keys, but I do want to have adequate storage for gear regardless of the mission. I'm planning a fish box like strick's, but with a bigger lid, and it should double for gear storage when diving or cruising.

Thanks for sharing your experience with the swim platform. I've always run outboards, so I've never had a full beam swim platform. It didn't occur to me that waves astern would cause slamming, but it makes sense. I may build a replacement swim platform that "breathes", but I'll probably go with the one I've got for now.

Dave