74 Tsunami Project ,It's getting there with pics.

[bigeasy1]

Well,I'm finally closing in on the finish of my 1974 23 Tsunami.

****I have to thank many of you guys on this site for your help and knowledge to get me this far.****

It's will be two years this December.Every single thing has either been replaced, re glassed, re wired, or rebuilt
It has been a massive undertaking,although it was only weekends,and not many of those in the new england winter.

All the electronics such as the Fishfinder,Gps,Vhf, Radar,etc.,are all new,as are the 8hp Yammie kicker,and Scotty riggers.

Everything from the rubrail up,and inside,was painted with a two part urethane,made by Epifanes(Similar to Imron).

The deck floor,and engine box were covered with a non skid surface by rolling on a thickened coat of sand color gel coat.

Remaining work to be done,is to mount the outdrive,install the seating, the radar arch,paint the hull,and install the electronics,and have the canvas work and ising glass windows done .
Will definitely be out fishing with it in the spring.Oh yeah,also have to build the cabin doors.

Here's a few pictures,only showing what it looked like the day i got it,and what it looks like now.
When i finish it completely,I'll bore everyone with the whole tear down and rebuild project with pictures.

Thanks for looking



*********The Day I Picked It Up**********



**************Ready To Tow It Home*************


*********What I Found When I Opened The Hatch.*********


****Finished Inside Looking From Cuddy Towards The Stern***


****Looking From Stern To Front & showing controls******





************New Steering,Gauges,& Shift**********


**************Close Up Of Non Skid***************


***********Arch***********


*********The New Radar Arch & Rocket Launcher********

[Islandtrader]

Looking very nice. By the number of rod holders and such, I would say you are serious about fishing.

[Capt Chuck]

Looking very nice. By the number of rod holders and such, I would say you are serious about fishing

By the number of drink holders, I would say you are serious about partying
Nice Job! John

[bigeasy1]

Yep,
I'm a pretty serious fisherman.The boat will have four downriggers,and several other rod holders(14-18 total) on it,when its done.
We fish the Great Lakes for Salmon,and normally troll six to eight rods,with another six or eight at the ready,in unused holders.

I actually live much much closer to the salt than the lakes,and i envy some of the fish you guys catch,especially you florida guys.
I'd love to fish the ocean,if it didn't have that one nasty ingredient in the water.(salt).

If i kept the boat near home,I'd make a few trips to the salt,but seeing as i leave it 400 miles from home,it won't be happening soon.
It's kind of nice having a Seacraft on the Great lakes,because with the exception of a few guys,most people know nothing about them.

When i bought this boat They all thought i was crazy,it sat in a field for six years,and most of the guys never heard of a Seacraft Tsunami,so i got the boat and trailer for 1,000 bucks.
It was like the US buying Alaska for cheap,everyone thought Seward was nuts,boy were they wrong.

[bigeasy1]

Thanks guys,Chuck,I was wondering what people would think of those cup holders.
We use them for all the small rigging crap,like the Planer board,and Downrigger releases,Drop weights,Hook rigs,Teminal tackle,Cell phones,and you name it.They really work great for all that kind of stuff.

And thanks again chuck for the info on wet sanding and buffing out the paint.I tried a small section,and it looks spectacular.

[Dilligaf]

waiting for the pics and info on rebuild i have the exact same set-up. raise the floors?

[bigeasy1]

Dilligaf,
Believe it or not,i decided to keep the same original red hull color,because of your boat.I liked the way it looked in your previous posts.
I didn't raise the deck floor,as almost all of it was very solid.The exception was a small section under the seat,and i recored that only.

BTW, what do you get for speed out of yours?and what size prop are you running? Is yours taking a lot of water thru the scuppers?
Thanks

[Dilligaf]

i have the same some spot under passenger seat. also got one at the front of the boat above anchor locker in bow. yeah i like the red but the guy did a crappy painted job over the original red see if i cant get it back. i have the 350mpi w/alpha1 17x19p i beleive. i cruise 3200rpms at 27mph. wot like 4900rpm 38mph. i never run fast tho 3200rpms is perfect. good gas mileage too believe it or not. scuppers take in some water if you stand in the back. i just hate wet feet so i leave plugs in. all the fishing i do is anchored. if your moveing no issues at all.when i do the floros im gonna raise it a couple inches and go out the back with the scuppers. might be able to go out the back now it will be close to the water line

[abl1111]

Holy Crap ! You did a lot of work. Great job. You must be proud ! It's amazing when you do a little work at a time, over time - it slowly gets done.

What did you do to re-do the floor ? I have the original floor too - there is one small delam'd part (8"x8"), it needs a little epoxy injected under it. But, ny non-skid is tired ! I'd like to keep the original pattern and re-shoot it w/ something... What'd you use ?

Great job.

BTW: I run a 350 MAG MPI w/ Bravo 3 - at 3200 RPM, I'm going 30 mph, at WOT, 4600 RPM, I go 45 mph...

For an i/o, I love the drive and motor. However, the i/o has turned out to be a lot more maintenance than any outboard I've ever owned ! Barnacle scraping and electrolysis vigilance.

[Entourage]

Wow what a deal some guys have all the luck running into something like that. That boat wouldn't have sat around that long over here on the cape for that much money. I like the color i have a red 73 tsunami that i brought back from the dead. It looks like it went to a good home nice work