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11-01-2005, 06:52 PM
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Re: Seafari Stern
G - as mentioned by Scott, I would think a V4-130 would be the ideal engine for a 20" Seafari. Yes, mine is a 115, and gets up and goes nice - WOT is ~30mph, I don't care about speed either, but a good 24-25 mph cruise on a calm day, in these soft riding boats, is nice to have - and with the 130, it would be easier on the motor to achieve, which should mean higher reliability for the motor that's not working so hard, so, yeah, when I go to repower, I'll be looking for a V-4, 130 - 140 hp, and it will be a two cycle, to stay lighter than a 4 cycle.
CSN - yeah, I like it !!! Only thing is, that boat has a square cut outboard notch, the sides are verticle, whereas mine has sloping sides.... but I think something can be done ! and Scott.... so, my man... ya got a problem with the blues [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] ??? "oldbluesplayer".... love the blues on guitar or fish - when I was a wee kiddy, growing up in Conn, my father used to take me and my brother out in LI Sound blue fishin, we've been hooked ever since. My next first upgrade, will be a decent, dual axle trailer, so I can feel more comfortable towing this rig around. G- and that takes me back to you - and economy. The 20' Seafari, with a 115 - 130 motor, is a lite weight package, that has amazing seakeeping capability, a soft ride, good fishability, and is a reasonable rig to tow. I haul mine with a 6 cyl Jeep Grand Cherokee, and can cruise down the highway in level terrain at 65 without killing anything, and with a full tank of gas in the boat (47 gal tank), out fishing for 8 hours, and come back in with plenty of gas to spare. Given the gas situation this past summer, I'm plenty happy with it. Sure, having a 23 would be nicer, but not needing the bigger motor, the bigger tow rig, or the bigger gas bills, is also pretty darn nice. Bill 
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11-01-2005, 08:48 PM
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Re: Seafari Stern
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11-01-2005, 10:59 PM
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gaulois - Roy's Zancudo Lodge in Golfito Costa Rica has 10 boats powered by twin Suzuki 115's. They claimed to be logging 2000+ hours on the motors w/o any problems (that was a year ago) and cut fuel consumption numbers in half.
You might email them and get details.
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11-02-2005, 04:09 PM
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Re: Seafari Stern
here are some pics of the back of my 1971 20'. because it had duals the transom opening is very large. I have had waves crash in and taken on alot of water in rough seas while reversing and never had a problem. Water comes in hits spash door and gones out. A few times I had water come in with door down but still drianed out.
 
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11-02-2005, 05:28 PM
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Mike_D ...
Would you have a picture showing the stern, from the inside, with a larger / wider view - showing the whole rear end from side to side - preferably with the cockpit floor in the forground ? Are there any seats, or other enclosure, either side of the motor cutout/ splashwell area ?
That would be appreciated - I'm noting that it looks like your double wide motor cutout, is even wider than Nicks, whom I thought had the double wide, but still has seats on either side, as opposed to mine being the single wide motor cutout - interesting variations Thanks Bill
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11-02-2005, 07:37 PM
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Mike - Thanks !
just the shot I was looking for !!!
That makes three variations on 20' Seafari sterns - yours I'll call a wide double, no seats/boxes adjacent Nicks is a narrow double, with adjacent seat boxes and mine is a single, with adjacent seat boxes Curious. Yes, with that much exposure in the rear, I can imagine you've taken a few across the stern, and from the last pic, I see you still have the original thru hull scuppers intact, and you report they've worked fine. I'd be interested to know, and probably Galois would, how yours performs with that Suzi 115 ? Thanks Bill
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