25 seafari conversion to CC

[wgscott329]

Y'all want me to include the 23 rebuild here or have another thread for it? Just getting around to fixing the cracked keel on the 23. Next is stringers.

[wgscott329]

Thanks for the compliment Strick! I hope it turns out as good as the first 23, I think it may even turn out better! Got the new transom for the 25 cut out and almost ready to be installed. Cool pic of the of the 25 transom cutout overlayed on the 23 transom.

[strick]

Originally Posted by wgscott329

Y'all want me to include the 23 rebuild here or have another thread for it? Just getting around to fixing the cracked keel on the 23. Next is stringers.

Post away...interested about the cracked Keel...did you have the original wood keel still in the boat? freezing temps have been blamed for expanding and contacting of the water logged wood keel in the past.

strick

[wgscott329]

Originally Posted by strick

Post away...interested about the cracked Keel...did you have the original wood keel still in the boat? freezing temps have been blamed for expanding and contacting of the water logged wood keel in the past.

strick

This is the second cracked keel I have fixed, and I’ve seen a few others with a nearly identical crack. It seems the 23 has a hard spot in the keel, forward of the center wooden stringer, before the bow eye. I basically grind a ton away on the inside, lay a bunch of glass on the inside, and then grind back to my fresh glass from the outside to eliminate all the bad spots. Easy fix if the boat is fully apart. I’m not a fan of the wooden center stringers, so they have been removed from both 23s and the 25. The 25 will only retain 2 of its original 7 stringers by the time I’m done.