Eating my words :) 1972 25 Seafari Project

[Blue_Heron]

Originally Posted by bilgerat

mine is bracketed with big heavy Armstrong brackets and twin 150 mercs and I dont think the center of gravity is off that bad. besides I like the center of gravity a little to the rear, she rides like a dream, turns on a dime and hauls azz!

bilgerat,
In the picture, your boat is very lightly loaded. Once you've got your tankage and other pieces/parts back in her, she's going to sit right around where your bottom paint/boot stripe are.

This hull's handling changes a lot with changes in loading. With a light load and an aft CG in smooth water, she runs like a scalded dog. But she'll launch on a reasonable size wake. In bumpy water, she likes weight forward, or you'll spend a lot of your time in the air. That being said, a fresh water tank placed strategically under the cabin sole will serve the purpose nicely. Yours doesn't look too tail heavy to me, so maybe it's a more viable configuration than we've thought.

I've seen several of these boats converted to outboards on craigslist, but you're the only active member here with one. So it's good to be able to add your observations to the knowledge base as you're fitting her out. Hopefully, we can eventually get you to a gathering with the Florida crowd and compare notes.

Dave