Braket build

[gofastsandman]

I have my livewell under the leaning post. loves the weight there. Mind you my boat is an `89 and I "think" the deck may be higher. This is all factory. 25 " trasom, scuppers out the transom, and self bailing w `96 150 rude @ 375lbs.

Anyone know if the deck got raised in the late70s or 80`s?

Cheers,
GFS

[Bushwacker]

Potter had raised the deck by an inch or two on the Seafari by '76 and probably did it on other 20' models as well. He may have done that as early as '73 when he changed stringer configuration from 4 individual hollow pre-molded stringers to the 2 box stringer configuration. A friend of mine bought a new Seafari in '76 and the little wells around the scuppers that are about an inch deep on mine were about 2-3" deep on his. His boat also had the bigger 50 gal fuel tank, the smaller step down that was just big enough to open cabin door, and front of windshield was moved forward about a foot with a fixed section of glass below the opening section. It also had storage box on passenger side just aft of windshield similar to the 23 Sceptre.

[martin]

Yea i just struck a line across deck and bow 2 inches and the Freeboard is 17 inches from that line.. not much to keep you inside.. I did not draw lines on the outside when she was in the water..before teardown.. Would have liked to get a starting point.. I just cannot see this boat at rest displace that much more water. I pulled old picts of the boat in the water with some gear. and it rested at about one inch above chine in the stern...I am going to leave it the way she is Although I will have trouble killing the deck into the forward area as I start to get into the chine.... I will probably bring the upper bow gunnel back some about 15 inches and get more area to stand on and throw 10ft cast net.. then killit itno the deck.. That way i will have more anchor storage. as well.. here are some pictures .. You can see a good scum line on the hull. I will just keep it a 1" above the stringers. Building bracket first and attacing to boat then loading with parts to see where I need to be with weights and all. Thanks for the help...

[Bushwacker]

My waterline at the transom is now about 5" above the chine when I'm fully loaded for a long cruise with a couple of big 70 qt coolers, 6 gallons of water in the galley seat and an extra 10 gallons of gas in jugs. Check out this post I sent to Strick a few months ago regarding bracket mounting height. http://www.classicseacraft.com/commu...height&page=10

Here's a link to a slide show of my boat's waterline before and after bracket. http://s188.photobucket.com/albums/z...t=5e5bed30.pbw Those old V-4's are pretty light and you can see that my trim tab mounting plate is almost out of the water, so that would put the waterline with the old motor about 2" above the chine at the transom.