Seacraft Sceptre 23 Flybridge

[FpJeepy]

Originally Posted by shine

hundreds of hours of work and tens of thousands of dollars to get the boat you want, and a simple permit is going to carry weight in the decision of which hull to build ? you will spend more (much more) time changing sand paper disks than it will take to get the permit

Requiring a bigger truck or bigger engines is a good reason not to go above 8.5' beam.

Very Good Point. I guess I was more looking at it from the boat builders stand point. The buyer is likely not going to want to use the boat as a trailer boat if they have to get a permit everytime, which means a boat slip, which means $$$. Something that shouldn't influence boat design, but it does.

Originally Posted by Islandtrader

Gillie, send the 21 south...when I am done with mine, I will re-work yours

The 21 would look pretty cool on a set up like AJ's.

If I didn't want a "classic" looking boat, what I would of done with mine is make it a 1/2 tower "Savage" design and bracket OB. There would be so much fishing space you could hold a dance.

I think the Outboards raise the center of gravity quite a bit no? I would think if you could keep the bridge as low as possible and shifted back a little would help as well. But I don't think you can shift it back further than in that seabird for say, because with the engine box the cockpit space goes to zero.