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05-14-2013, 10:34 AM
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mine is bracketed with big heavy Armstrong brackets and twin 150 mercs and I dont think the center of gravity is off that bad. besides I like the center of gravity a little to the rear, she rides like a dream, turns on a dime and hauls azz!
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05-14-2013, 12:35 PM
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Bilge - Looks great in the water! What kind of performance numbers are you getting with the 2 merc 2.0L 150's?
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05-14-2013, 01:55 PM
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1973 20' seafari ob "old Yeller" sold 1972 25' seafari W/ 150 mercs {under renovation}
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05-14-2013, 02:56 PM
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Bilge - Thanks! That is a great point of reference. Been reading about sprucing up the 351W . . . looks like you can get some decent power out of them (285hp - 300hp) without spending too much $$$
Last edited by Bigshrimpin; 05-14-2013 at 03:24 PM.
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05-14-2013, 08:33 PM
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In the picture, your boat is very lightly loaded. Once you've got your tankage and other pieces/parts back in her, she's going to sit right around where your bottom paint/boot stripe are. This hull's handling changes a lot with changes in loading. With a light load and an aft CG in smooth water, she runs like a scalded dog. But she'll launch on a reasonable size wake. In bumpy water, she likes weight forward, or you'll spend a lot of your time in the air. That being said, a fresh water tank placed strategically under the cabin sole will serve the purpose nicely. Yours doesn't look too tail heavy to me, so maybe it's a more viable configuration than we've thought. I've seen several of these boats converted to outboards on craigslist, but you're the only active member here with one. So it's good to be able to add your observations to the knowledge base as you're fitting her out. Hopefully, we can eventually get you to a gathering with the Florida crowd and compare notes. Dave
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05-14-2013, 08:48 PM
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It is hard to tell from that pic, but the bootstripe seems to be maybe 4" higher up the hull than mine. Mine is at or below the aft scuppers (there are multiple pinstripes), and bilgerat's appears to be a few inches above.
Last edited by FishStretcher; 05-14-2013 at 08:51 PM.
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11-24-2013, 11:49 PM
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Bigshrimpin's boat doesn't have the built in bilge flooding modification that many 25 footers do.
Many of the 25s have rod holders on the flat on the cap on the transom, just forward of the fuel filler ports, which are about 30 degrees from horizontal. I think they get installed when people install new fuel hose. It appears to be much easier to tighten the double stainless hose clamps thru the rod holder cutout. Then you drop a rod holder in to the cutout and it looks neat topsides. Problem is- the rod holders don't drain to the deck. They drain to the bilge.  It makes tracking down deck leaks frustrating. And the very deep vee will hold 3 or more gallons of water right under your steel oil pan because it is quite difficult to get a pump and float switch to drain it dry, especially on both sides of the keelson.I think cdavisb addressed this with a flat floor and custom pickup. In the mean time, I need rubber bungs for rod holders on the transom. And maybe a few others do, too.
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04-05-2014, 05:53 PM
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Tech service bulletin- For 25 Seafari owners (and maybe others). Get rid of the hinges for folding the engine cover and fill them immediately, and well. (not RTV- use glass).
This was the source of deck core rot, engine bulkhead rot and general delaminaton on my 25. I now have to rebuild all that structure upside- down and in place. My approach is to use McMaster pultruded square poly/fiberglass tubing and divinycel, but even with that to pull it back into shape, it is a lot of work that could easily have been avoided by ditching those hinges.
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05-02-2014, 10:16 PM
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I hope things get better with your health!
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