Quick fixes for the the 2005 season

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Ha Jason

Do you know how much they stretched that boat? It looks like it is sitting in the water pretty evenly.
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[Trayder]

I do not know excact numbers but I think Joey and Reel Smoker do, the boat is at the Hurricane Hole in KW.

Off the top of my feeble mind I recal 2-3 feet fore/aft and 1 foot on the beam?

I also remember the boat came from South America and there is/was a mold of it in Key West?

[dcobbett]

Trayder,

Thanks for those pictures. Hope you find the rest of them. I'd like to see more.
When you did the new transom, I assume you went to 25" height, correct?
Did you raise the height of the new deck as well? The reason I'm asking is because I'm impressed with teh Suzuki 140 and I've been on 2 SeaCrafts this season with original decks and heavy motors (Honda 130 4S and a 150 Optimax-both weigh the same or more than the 140 Suzuki) and they didn't seem to have wet decks (both hulls had the ping pong ball type scuppers).
Regarding the top rail, looks like you essentially cut off the bottom portion of the inner liner (leaving a 2"-3" downturned flange), tied that structure into the new configuration at the transom, and added padded bolsters, correct? Do you think you lost any degree of stiffness in the hull's topsides or overall structure?

[Trayder]

Yes, I raised the Transom to 25" and I raised the deck 3"

As for the innerliner yes, I took a skill saw and ripped it out 4" below the top deck all the way around. I had to add to where the original rod lockers were and I built in 2 thwartship bulkeads that run through the entire middle of the boat and come up to the deck cap on each side. (see midships where the inspection plates are, just aft of the hawse pipes?)

I also have other bulkeads under the deck that can bee seen in the series where the original boat only had 4 stringers and then relied on the deck/innerliner to tie it together.

No, I did not lose any stiffness.

[oldbluesplayer]

I'm lovin the pix of the stern interior -

CSN and I have a seperate discussion ongoing about mods to the rear end of the 20' seafari - I would love to see more detailed pix of the inside stern of yours - looks like you had the same outboard notch size as mine, and your design could be directly applicable to mine.

thanks

Bill

[Trayder]

Bill-

yes, the sterns of the 20's are the same, I thinkk 90% sure, so my mod would work fine on your boat.

Check out the post of the restore in the photos section that was just added by riffraff. He did another nice mod.

[WillyC]

Trayder,
Very nice work on the boat. Can you give some detail on cruising speed, wide open speed and fuel burn at those speeds. I'm thinking of getting the same motor for my project when complete. From the little that I have researched, that motor seems to be very affordable for a good 4 stroker. Thanks -will

[Ed]

Speaking of stretched, and widened Seacrafts....what ever happened to that guy in Connecticut that split a 23 down the middle and was widenening it to 8'6" and stretching it to 25'???? Last I recall, it was a 5 year project....but have not heard anything in the last couple of years.

[Trayder]

Ed- good question

there is a member here "noankbill" who has a similar boat but i do not think it the the infamous 5 year project stretched 23?

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That would be quite a project to extend the length of a Seacraft from 23’3” to 26’. That would make one COOL Seacraft. To do that from scratch would be testing my abilities beyond the max. Maybe I could borrow Capt Chuck’s boat for a few weeks and if someone would lend me their chain saw WELL MAYBE?????? What do you guys think.
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