25 seafari conversion to CC

[Capt Chuck]

Get post Denny!
This dead rise on the 25' will never be a good planning type hull.. I would like to hear more from Connor he is experienced. As is, without that forward weight , traveling in a heavy following sea, or entering an inlet with a incoming tide, would be nightmare. Getting from Point A to Ponit B would require a ZigZag course....

[Bigshrimpin]

Richie Carvalho owned this 25 and before Big Fluke.

https://www.chapmanfuneral.com/obitu...?obId=20630303





From BigFluke:



http://www.classicseacraft.com/commu...t=20269&page=4

Originally Posted by bigfluke

Blackfin,
I did buy the SeaCraft 25' in Massachusetts that wss converted to a center console by a commercial fisherman. He really knew what he was doing: removing the foredeck cabin and building a fishbox from the footwell to the forward end of the v-berth inner liner shifted the lcg forward and kept the vcg as low as possible. From what I understand the fishbox was always full of ice or fish so his set up is much as Moesly envisioned with his ballasting system. He also moved the helm aft a bit which is a lot more comfortable then the original helm about 2' more forward. With the big block sterndrive giving it adequate stern weight, it runs much better than the other two SeaCraft 25s I have that were originally rigged with a smal block sterndrive and the other that I retrofitted with a single large outboard on a porta-bracket. Excellent seakeeping out to about 22 knots. Above that speed needs to be driven very attentively and with constant tab adjustment to keep upright in rough water or it will loll.

[Bigshrimpin]

I floated my 25 without power a few times (and broke Strick's 25 once) . . . The hull definitely NEEDS weight. Strick scared the Sh#t out of me the first time he banked the boat at speed.

I've been told the hull needs weight (down low) to sit right in the water and not just weight forward. I got to discuss the 25 hull with a former Navatek employee that worked on the 25 project for 4 years. He lives in MA now (his wife still works for my employer). He wrote Matlab code for measuring the ride in quantifiable numbers, put thousands of hours on the hulls and talked in depth about the different configurations at Navatek.

"adequate stern weight" was something he mentioned . . . Steven Loui also used those words in a post.

"With the big block sterndrive giving it adequate stern weight, it runs much better than the other two SeaCraft 25s I have that were originally rigged with a smal block sterndrive and the other that I retrofitted with a single large outboard on a porta-bracket"

Connor and other owners might be able to shed light on their configurations.

[Blackfin26]

Originally Posted by Bigshrimpin

Richie Carvalho owned this 25 and before Big Fluke.

https://www.chapmanfuneral.com/obitu...?obId=20630303





From BigFluke:



http://www.classicseacraft.com/commu...t=20269&page=4

Thank you! I had seen the add before BigFluke purchased it. This version with bow fish box filled with ice for weight and the sterndrive seemed the best compromise. Cap looks well integrated also. Hope this ones turns out great. Super project.

[Bushwacker]

Originally Posted by Capt Chuck

This dead rise on the 25' will never be a good planning type hull..

I’ve ridden in Connor’s 25 in 5-6’ swells. Very soft ride, and like all Moesly designs with original-type power, it would plane at relatively low speed, like about 12 mph!!