Who Wants one? Original 21.....considering orders. - Page 7

65Bowrider · #61 06-21-2009, 08:36 AM

Skip and I had the opportunity of going for a ride in Brian's "Black Jack" yesterday .... one word, AWESOME!

The seas were calm, maybe 2-3 feet so not a real test of her rough water ability, but just the same, a real smooth ride. Purposely finding some boat wakes to jump, it was like going on a magic carpet ride, going up, down & then up without ever hitting a 'bottom' or feeling a 'bump'. I was standing in the front, towards the bow and hardly needing to hold onto anything. Beautiful ride.

Getting on plane was extremely impressive, powered with a single 200 hp. I thought our bowrider did a great job, but this 21 with 6 people on board, popped up even faster. At WOT, going close to 50 mph, she did "dance" some on the wave tops. I think Brian did too good of a job in keeping her light, but adding a forward bunk/storage area as he plans to do, will settle the boat into the water a little more and the ride will be that much more impressive.

Thank you Brian for a wonderful time and an incredible ride.
Carla

3rdday · #62 06-25-2009, 01:11 PM

Carla & Skip,
Thank you for having us there to visit. You have a beautiful home at a beautiful location. We are very thankful to know you and have you as friends. Those of you who have not met Carla and Skip, I encourage you, they are fantastic people to be around. Some day I wish to be in the keys permanently, also. Carla and Skip were the first SeaCraft Members to ride on "Black Jack". Carla has a great and accurate reccomendation of putting a little more weight forward, I am enclosing the forward cabin with a storage box, and perhaps some fresh water storage. We have been in the keys with some sloppy seas and she is performing very very well. We have been 1 of the very few boats out there fishing and diving. Even night fishing, very confident of its seakeeping abilities, as we had no moonlight. I will be posting some underwater video of the hull bottom in waves, and some pics taken from the water with my waterproof camera, when I get back home. I also hope to get video of her running in some 3-5ft slop or head on waves. Stay tuned.

riman625 · #63 07-02-2009, 02:18 PM

i was with brian this past week in marathon,we were on a family vacation i brought my boat and brian had his.we had both boats out for about 4 days and for the other two we went out on "blackjack".my back still hurts from riding in mine and getting smacked around.when i was in "blackjack" i was a little gun shy ,i was cathching myself flinch waitng on the inevidable smack(which never occured).i have never been in a boat that never smacked ecspecially in sloppy seas.this boat is unbelievable it is like riding on a cloud.i strongly suggest going on a sea trial even to see for yourself what you are missing out on. thanks brian for a great week of fishing and diving, steve

3rdday · #64 07-23-2009, 12:17 AM

Here is a link to my photobucket, Sorry it has taken so long. I have been super busy. Here are some, from the water pics, taken with underwater camera, while we were in the keys. I will be posting some video of the hull bottom in the waves. Stay Tuned in!

http://s233.photobucket.com/albums/e...1/keys%20Pics/

3rdday · #65 08-04-2009, 10:28 PM

Ok folks more info performance numbers and video.
I took pics of the gauges while running offshore 20 - 25 miles SE of Fort Pierce 2-3 ft seas. This MF will RUN! My average for offshore trips(about 30) to date has been 2.76 MPG. I let my neighbor, friend, fishing buddy and his family skipper the boat while shooting the video. I was in the front of the boat, at 37 mph offshore in 2-3 footers, notice the guys sitting down in the front and me standing in the front. The pointing and commotion was sailfish and dolphin free jumping behind me(what we were lookin for). Feel free to explore all of the albums video and pics on my photobucket page.

http://s233.photobucket.com/albums/e...os%20Underway/

Islandtrader · #66 08-05-2009, 09:34 AM

Brian,

I noticed rod holders in the gunnel. Can you tell me who the manufacture is?

As you know the gunnels are not to wide and most will not fit in the space.

The pictures keep driving me to get done.

3rdday · #67 08-05-2009, 03:25 PM

They are Lees fo Miami, They might be original, and I may have a couple extra, on our other 21 I say some just like it but they are barnacle encrusted, I will checK, and get back with you.

castalot · #68 09-01-2012, 03:31 PM

So what ever happend with this idea
I need some more pics of the 21 was just trying to describe it to a friend and can't get that hull out of my mind and wanted to share its beauty

cdavisdb · #69 09-01-2012, 06:37 PM

Hmm, a 21 lengthened to 23 or 25. Now that is an INTERESTING idea. Good luck with it!!!

Bushwacker · #70 09-01-2012, 10:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by castalot

So what ever happend with this idea
I need some more pics of the 21 was just trying to describe it to a friend and can't get that hull out of my mind and wanted to share its beauty

Here's a link to my photobucket album http://s188.photobucket.com/albums/z...SeaCraft%2021/ with some pics of my friends 21, the "Unohu", during some Bahama trips I made with him in the late 70's. Also a few at the end of Skip & Carla's 21 project boat. You might also send a PM to Gillie. He's got a ton of pictures and some videos of his 21.