Seacraft to Conch rebuilds

[BigLew]

Regarding this "mod,"....and the point is??????

I guess most of my experience in 'bays' is that they tend to be choppy and my experience is a little more freeboard is a nice thing to have. JMHO.

[SOS]

I think it's a pretty sweet rebuild and its quality work without a doubt. I do think it should remain a SeaCraft but I can't hate on it seeing as though Conch is doing so much work and transition to the topsides.

I congratulate the owner for putting this much money and effort into making sure the classic SeaCraft hull lives to see another day or decade!

Much respect to the CSC but I'd be proud to fish that boat!
SOS

[shine]

I applaud RR for their craftsmanship, and I would not begrudge anyone for taking the work, but....

Form a practical boat design standpoint this is a stupid thing to do. The boat is hardley more useful in inshore applications with a slightly lower free board and some casting decks.

Its a hull designed for offshore use, with an huge engine and 160 gallon of fuel, so why the heck do you cut it down and make it even more wet and less useful offshore? I guess it will need a trolling motor? How much of a trolling motor (and batteries) do you need to move a most like that around the flats or around a dock? - Measure the cost of those in terms of weight added and dollars

hes is going to spend a ton of money and get a boat that cannot do anything one thing very well. Rough or windy offshore, then he is going to get soaked (or worse). Too windy to fish offshore? then he gets blown all over the place with the windage of that hull. With all that weight the boat will draft too much to be a good inshore boat. Cutting down the freeboard is going to make this boat EXTRA wet, it will remove a lot of the flair. A boat that is design from the start to be a "bay" boat has more volume up in that area (bow) so you can have a lower sheer line. When I "or worse", there is a the increase risk of broaching or stuffing the bow

For about the same $ you could have a really nice 23/25 seacraft AND a skiff. Maybe its purpose is not just to catch fish, as I see the first thing on the accessory list, after the engine, is the sound system/speakers

I do like their 20' SC bay boat conversion though - you can get a good layout without good fishing room cutting down the hull.

[Caymanboy]

I guess in this ecomomy it is hard to pick your jobs. Peoples taste vary, like we have said, it's the mans money and he can do with it as he wishes. If R&R has achieved what the man wishes, (for roughly what he thought it would cost) then everyone should be happy. R&R certainly does nice, quaility work. I guess I am just too much of a seaCraft purist to take on a project like that. It looks like they did a great job, if that is what the gentleman invisioned.