1972 SeaCraft 20sf (re) build.

[Caymanboy]

No problem. I'm not a real fan of the Florida teams either, I am just NOT a fan of anything Sabin touches.
I've camped numerous times on the SeaCraft under the stars, been lucky I guess, I get a room if someone needs creature comforts (bed, a/c).
That would be fun, I plan a couple of trips over this summer, some in June in the SeaCraft and end of July I will take the Mak E and SeaCraft to Cat/Bimini are for a week. No Abaco's this year. :-( don't really have the time.

[RUSTYNTABATHA]

cool sorry to side track your comentary... we now reume our regullary scheduled story..LOL great read by the way !!

[Caymanboy]

Boot went on yesterday, came out nice, look's dark, but I am sure when it gets in the sunlight it will be fine.
Got the "pump room" wired up, space is getting to be a premium.
Console goes in today, then start wiring that in.
Cali this week end, then come back and get this thing wired up!
Bahamas weather is here!!

[Caymanboy]

Had a little progression on the bote.
Boot top is done, bottom painted, console in, start to get that wired in.
One of the things I didn't mention was, I changed the cooler in the seat to a water tank.
In the old boat, that is where the batteries, a small water tank (6 gals) and the sub went. This water tank is bigger, but room is tight, need to put two batteries and a sub in still, won't be a lot of room left for bags.
And I must say, laying the boot's on the bow sections of a SeaCraft, is like no other boat. ;-)

[bitsamonkey]

I like that water tank idea! How many gallons were you able to fit up there? Should help balance that bracket nicely.

[Caymanboy]

I'm guessing 25 gals give or take. Not bad. :-)

[RUSTYNTABATHA]

you guys kill me !! i would sit around a fire and have a beer ... but i heard that fires are by permit only and you have to pay a carbon tax on the smoke from an actual fire there and beer is unhealthy... so have a wheat grass shake and sit in the shade so you dont get skin cancer...LOL sorry i crack myself up sometimes with my sarcastic humor... Would love to hang with you guys and bond over stories of SeaCrafts saved !!!

[Caymanboy]

Originally Posted by RUSTYNTABATHA

you guys kill me !! i would sit around a fire and have a beer ... but i heard that fires are by permit only and you have to pay a carbon tax on the smoke from an actual fire there and beer is unhealthy... so have a wheat grass shake and sit in the shade so you dont get skin cancer...LOL sorry i crack myself up sometimes with my sarcastic humor... Would love to hang with you guys and bond over stories of SeaCrafts saved !!!

Funny that you mention that.
I'm staying at a friends just south of Santa Cruz, cute little spot on the beach, quiet.
There have all these little pits for fires down by the beach, never did see an Inspector for the permit, I was just surprised to see the fire pit, I expected to get arrested for smoking my cegar out there this am. Fire pits, beach??? Did I mention it was cold out here??
And quiet? Aneyway, figured later I would take my cegar, head down to the beach and ask them where they do the filet and release on the seals.This is Cali ya know and no self respecting manatee would swim in water this cold. ;-)
Figure tween the cegar and my seal question, it would shake things up on the beach.
Which brings back another question. Is life so stressful out here that you have to go surfin at 0600 in freezing cold water?? What's up with that?
Fishing in warm water I can see, surfin at 0600 in abalone cold water, not so much-----. ;-)

[McGillicuddy]

Originally Posted by Caymanboy

Which brings back another question. Is life so stressful out here that you have to go surfin at 0600 in freezing cold water?? What's up with that?
Fishing in warm water I can see, surfin at 0600 in abalone cold water, not so much-----. ;-)

Don't like surfin' with an 8MM wetsuit with a hoody? Whats wrong with you?

You should come for lobster season, its Oct to March. Its great. 50 degF water, murky from the winter swells with things that go bump in the dark.

Recently great white shark attacks have resulted in deaths on the beaches. Meanwhile people argue over access rights - humans vs seals - at the the Childrens Pool in La Jolla. Those arguing for the seals are never in the water and fail to understand that the Great Whites love seals. This problem will get worse.

But hey, that sweet, succulent, savory flavor of tasty as spiny lobster after you thaw out makes it all worthwile.

Down south the seaside farms grow tomatoes. Private gardeners grow interesting weeds for medicinal use.

Oh Yeah, there is no fishing allowed in CA, warm or cold water...

[Caymanboy]

Originally Posted by McGillicuddy

Don't like surfin' with an 8MM wetsuit with a hoody? Whats wrong with you?

You should come for lobster season, its Oct to March. Its great. 50 degF water, murky from the winter swells with things that go bump in the dark.

Recently great white shark attacks have resulted in deaths on the beaches. Meanwhile people argue over access rights - humans vs seals - at the the Childrens Pool in La Jolla. Those arguing for the seals are never in the water and fail to understand that the Great Whites love seals. This problem will get worse.

But hey, that sweet, succulent, savory flavor of tasty as spiny lobster after you thaw out makes it all worthwile.

Down south the seaside farms grow tomatoes. Private gardeners grow interesting weeds for medicinal use.

Oh Yeah, there is no fishing allowed in CA, warm or cold water...

Oh s---- that is just too funny!!!
Sooooo, I can now officially say that I have sailed in the Pacific Ocean. Why you ask would I do tht?? Well that's what good friends do. My Dr friend wanted to take his saily bote out, for his annual pilgrimage and that's what we did. (After spending a couple of hours getting the acid rain off from the battery charger soot). Getting dowsed with freezing water while smelling and listening to sea lions fart on the sea buoy, what better way to enjoy the art of Yachting?
I must admit, pretty good food out here and the womens are pretty soft on the eyes.