Another 25 Seafari goes under the knife

[Blue_Heron]

Dave-

What a way to start out your thread! when you get spidercrabs attention you know your doing something right! Looking forward to your rebuild. What is your plan for this boat?

strick

Hey strick,
The primary use for the boat will be fishing, mainly grouper fishing (and sometimes spear fishing) off the Florida Big Bend but also occasional trips to the Keys or east coast to troll for dolphin, tuna, or wahoo. I'll also want to use it for boat camping every once in a while. I really like the idea of repeating Bushwacker's trip around the southern part of the state.

The restoration plan is for a cosmetic face lift, repower, and a complete re-rigging. The hull is structurally sound. The transom was redone around '95 and is still solid. But there are spider cracks on the exterior that I need to investigate and repair. Since the paint will be coming off the transom, I may repaint the whole thing. The cap, the cockpit, and the bottom below the chine will get paint at a minimum.

Power will be a 300HP Mercruiser Seacore closed cooled 350 Mag MPI bolted up to the existing Bravo 1 drive. Eventually, I would like to find a good used Bravo 3. Plumbing will be redundant bilge pumps, Live well, fresh water and raw water washdown. Electronics will be VHF, Fish Finder, GPS, and Stereo.

Other stuff it needs; windshield, bimini top, fish box and live well (gonna copy you on those if you don't mind), helm and passenger seats, and maybe a radar arch. I'm sure other stuff will come along as I work through it. I'm excited to finally get started on it. Hopefully that won't wear off before I get her done. I'm headed out to the shop this morning to clean out the bilge and finish de-rigging. I'll probably be able to post progress pics tonight.
Dave