Another 25 Seafari goes under the knife

[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