Another 25 Seafari goes under the knife

[DonV]

Dave, Dave....enough!!! Quit!! Just too many really sweet additions! Next thing ya know you'll be posting videos, even videos in the water.....stop!!!

[BigLew]

Nice Bling!...for a very nice job and boat!

[65Bowrider]

Dave, Your boat is first class all the way!
The windshield turned out beautiful, nice finish on the wood, nice paint job, nice molds for your pedastal seats ... just nice from top to bottom & inside to out.
Really, great job and thank you for sharing all your thoughts, processes and photos with us.
Time to sit back, relax, go fishing and enjoy her ride!

[Blue_Heron]

Thanks, y'all, for the kind words. Don, take a deep breath, man, I ain't done yet.
Dave

[strick]

Dave

Looks like they are working great! Do you mind if I copy that How do they behave in a hard turn?

strick

[Blue_Heron]

Originally Posted by strick

Do you mind if I copy that

I'd be honored, Dr. Strickland.

I didn't notice any difference in the turns. I'm still getting used to the boat, though. I've only got 4 hours on the clock.

Dave

[strick]

Cool thanks. I've been working on the interior of my 25. Have the head liner in place and finishing the wood work. I need to put some spreader lights in. May take it for a ride this weekend if I can get away from work.

strick

[Blue_Heron]

I added a little extra laminate on the underside of the swim platform at the bracket and swim ladder locations earlier this week.



Today, I got the swim platform and the engine box primed with 545 and patched the small nits.





Tomorrow, I'll block sand them and shoot them with the final coat of 545.

I also shot the swim platform brackets with gelcoat/dura tech clear gloss.


Next thing is to drill some holes and they're ready to bolt to the transom.

Dave

[cdavisdb]

Dave, I love the tabs! Gotta do something like that to mine.

I'd like to know how it handles in a very hard turn. Mine lays over on the V, the keel loses hold on the water and the boat starts to spin. Gets your instant attention(not in a good way), but she stays totally stable while spinning. I wonder how that outboard lip will affect the spin.

Strick,

Post some pics of what you are doing with the headliner. I'm still at a loss about what to do with my mouse fur.

Connor

[seafari25]

Hey Dave,

Not only would Gramps be proud, he would also be very impressed, as I am!

It's nice to know, that I, thanks to my Gramps, have finally contributed some useable info to this site, instead of taking it all the time.

It didn't occur to me to make them out of fiberglass but I'm sure they're just as strong, and will probably outlast ours...we have 30 years so far:P Seriously though, great thinking and excellent work! It's tough to tell in the pics but is the forward edge of the lower panel, curved upward like ours? I think that's important to ensure no water forcing downward on the plate.

Also, it's great to hear your comparison, with and without. I have never operated ours without, but I can see by your experience, my minimum planing speed would be much higher, and sensitivity lower as I had anticipated. I'm glad Gramps was on top of that!

12 mph is pretty darn good!

Nice work!
Brandon