An introduction....

todosier · #1 08-12-2009, 02:30 PM

I was wondering about the windows too... I pulled the carpet back inside the cabin when I bought it and there is not a patch, so it came from the factory that way. I've never seen one without windows, was that an option?

Bigshrimpin · #2 08-12-2009, 03:56 PM

I have a 72 seafari with a bracket. If you add a bracket . . . there is no reason to raise the floor. Just check the scuppers and do spot repairs on the floor.

If you like fishing . . . removing the teak door allows you to put 128 quart igloo cooler in the stepdown area for the cabin. The extra weight up front is nice and it keeps the decks clear in back.

todosier · #3 08-13-2009, 09:16 AM

That is good information on the floor on a Seafari. Do you think it would still be okay with one of the larger 150 hp 4 strokes, I'd like to keep my options open as to power.

The floor is toast, there isn't a solid place in the cockpit. Has anyone pulled the cap and liner on a Seafari, I haven't seen one?

Bigshrimpin · #4 08-13-2009, 12:23 PM

Todosier - Check your PM's. I would recommend limiting your outboard motor section to around 400lb or less . . . Even my motor 200 merc (2.4L) at 360lbs keeps the bow light. Fuel economy is still around 3.5mpg. One nice thing about the seafari is that you can sleep in the cabin and be fishing at your honey hole at the crack of dawn . . . or fish hard all night long, take a nap and motor home in the AM.

todosier · #5 08-13-2009, 01:48 PM

Thanks, I replied to your PM, let me know if you didn't get it.

Thanks for the info - 400# limits the motor choices a bit more than I'd like, but sometimes you can fight Physics. I'd like to have the 4-strokes in the running (other than the 140 zuke) to be able to comparison shop when the time comes.

Would raising the floor a bit and adding tabs do it? What are the other downsides?

Bigshrimpin · #6 08-13-2009, 12:32 PM

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Has anyone pulled the cap and liner on a Seafari, I haven't seen one?

Don't do it . . . it's not worth the effort. Don't even remove the cap. Just trace the existing floor, remove the plywood bulkhead supports and cut out the rotten section of the floor. What you are talking about doing is a HUGE ammount of work and glass work. Do the cost out on a spreadsheet . . . tally up the numbers and decide what is worth the $$$. Your going to need to split a drum of resin with someone (20 gallons or so) to do what you are talking about.

BigLew · #7 08-13-2009, 08:01 PM

The materials alone and the first hundred hours of sweat equity is worth more than you would pay for a decent 20' CC w/ another engine!! Don't be "not smart."