Project Seafari Tuna-fication

[nestorpr]

By the way, here were my plans for the "ultimate" Seafari 20:



I estimated about 50k including the engine and I/O combo but who has that kind of moolah?? Now, on a Seafari 25 this would be a sweet setup except with twin 190's or a single 350-400 diesel with duoprop outdrive.

[oldbluesplayer]

Nestor - your thoughts match mine on the "ultimate" Seafari.

I put 3/8" ply reinforcement under the new rod holders, as the gunnels are not cored, and was expecting to do the same for the outrigger side mounts.

Spent another 2 hours sanding old bottom paint off last night, it's finally getting there - dam, is that a messy, painful job. And, now that I've got it almost done, I'm thinking of just doing the bottom red, whereas I was planning on doing the same white, from the chines down, that Carla did on the 65 bowrider project. Hopefully get a fully sanded pic, and other progress, up this weekend.

Bill

[PressureDrop]

Shes gonna look sweet with the new bimini&curtains!!

[oldbluesplayer]

More progress this weekend - finished the bottom cleaning, sanding, painting, and added the replacement decals -









I'm seeing reports that the tuna are in on Stellwagen Bank already - now I gotta start pushin !!!

Bill

[1bayouboy]

Looks really great....what paint did you put on the bottom..???

[oldbluesplayer]

Interlux, with their reducer, thru a spray gun. I'll be keeping it on a trailer, so I'm hoping that will hold up well - did a trial shot, let it dry overnight, tried power sanding it, it seemed to have real good adhesion, so that's what I went with.

Bill

[thehermit]

Looks Good Bill!
What type of Interlux? More Please

[oldbluesplayer]

TheHermit - I used Interlux Brightsides, and their 216 thinner, thru a standard spray gun, think I was running about 45 psi at the gun, with a dryer on the line. If you were going to brush, or roll & tip, you would use their #333 thinner, instead. The Brightsides is basically their low end paint, there are a couple other, higher end choices - maybe if I ever paint the sides, I'd go there, but not for the bottom. Now that I've got the new decals back on, I can't wait to wax and buff the sides - what you see in the latest pix is just at the compounded and washed phase - the 3M Finesse-It worked quite well.

Bill