1973 23'Tsunami I/O, wet feet? & performance?

[bigeasy1]

Thanks to both of you,

Chris,over the past year,i've spent a lot of time looking at the pics of your boat.

It's one heck of a nice looking rig.The hardtop is absolutely beautiful,what a great piece of work.I've been toying around with fabricating one,but the thoughts of doing more glass work,now that i have most of it done is scaring me off.I'm tired of putting on that tyvek suit and dust mask.

Your pictures have given me several ideas for the deck/seating layout.I especially like the boxes under the seats.Did you make them,or are they factory?

I don't want to use pedestals,as they waste space,the boxes will give me more storage.I'm trying to figure out where i'm going to squeeze 16 rod and reel setups,all 8-1/2', several tackle boxes with 1,000 spoons,and the tons of other stuff.
Thanks again for the info,i may send you a pm to ask more questions regarding the hardtop and tower work,if you don't mind.

[Water Rat]

John,
Feel free to ask away. Note that I did not do that halftower myself - it was done by Marine Metal Fabricators (Rick Weller) in Barrington, RI (great people and great work). I wouldn't know 1708 biaxial cloth from a tablecloth. The boxes are original SeaCraft Stock. The helm is the old "galley" or "camper" seat that has a sink with alcohol stove (stove long since gone) and the passenger box was from the lay-down "back-to-back" seats. I simply took off the OEM seats, covered with Starboard, and bolted on the Pompanette seats you see (short pedestals on port side, bolted directly on helm side).

[Snookerd]

Chris-
That boat is freaking nice! The whole Kennedy thing adds to the mystic. My 23SF once got side-swiped by a drunk Ted Kennedy down in Palm Beach .

[ScottM]

My 23SF once got side-swiped by a drunk Ted Kennedy down in Palm Beach .

Must be a Ted thing. Several years ago my dad's friend's boat got rammed by Ted in his sailboat just off Hyannis.

[doug7488]

How'd they get the two brothers and miss that JackAss?

[bigeasy1]

When he finally does kick the bucket,the undertaker can just stick him in the coffin,as he's already embalmed himself with Chevas Regal.