SeaFari Mods

[Bushwacker]

Great looking rig! Your performance numbers are similar to mine. I've seen 49.9 mph with bimini down and light load. Your waterline at stern looks a little higher than mine. Do you know how much your motor weighs? I assume your bracket has same 30" setback as it looks similar to mine. The I/O cg is probably a little further forward due to smaller fuel tank (30 gal? vs. ~34-36 on O/B) that doesn't extend as far back.

Regarding the V-20 vs Seacraft ride, I have a personal data point. A V-20 was in the group in my first crossing to the Abaco's and we had some pretty rough stuff on return across the gulf stream: 2-3' at start, reaching 6-8' (steep & breaking!) in middle of stream with a 10 kt wind that went from NW->N->NE. Took about 4 hrs to make 60 nm. Post trip inspection on my Seafari revealed only a few loose screws at bottom of bulkhead. Similar inspection of the V-20 revealed: 1. Back-to-back seats had disintegrated. 2. Crack in cabin bulkhead. 3. Both saddle (fuel) tank brackets had broken loose at the welds! 4. A 4' crack in bottom of hull - one of the plywood stringers, tabbed to the hull with just one layer of glass and not adequately saturated with resin, had come loose from the hull. The V-20 was a very popular boat in our area, and I personally know of at least 4 others that met the same fate! The owner of the Seacraft 21 that led this and 50-60 similar trips described the V-20 as the "Best Looking/Worst Riding Deep V ever made"!