New project teaser (seacraft)

[BET]

Picked up this 1978 seacraft 20ft Master angler this weekend. Not the priority right now but wanted to go ahead and grab it. Looking into other rebuilds I came across a really nice one on here a while ago.

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[willk]

If you want another project my brother in law has an old late 1970's mako, 18-20ft I think that has been retired and needs a new life.

[BET]

Appreciate it, this one should scratch my itch for a while

[Rubberhead*]

Appreciate it, this one should scratch my itch for a while

That itch you'll be feeling is going to be from fiberglass dust...

I love projects like this - keep us posted.

[CUduckreeper]

Man that thing looks rough. However after seeing your hightide, I can't wait to see what she looks like once you're done.

[tman]

Very cool boat. If you do a full rebuild, you should make the transom 25" instead.... a 20" transom with a following sea on those boats can be a little sketchy at times

[BET]

I lucked into some carbon fiber, so the current plan is to do full carbon enclosed transom and integrated bracket

[SouthernWake]

Why the 20 over the 23?

Rebuilding with composite?

I see a lot of grinder time in your future! Keep us posted, I miss the smell of fresh resin in the garage.

[BET]

I have access to 23 and wanted something that would be easier to trailer. Also the cost of doing a 23 would be a lot more mostly driven by the engine.

Yeah won't put any wood back in it.

[Calibogue]

I have a 1970 20ft SF.....
Love that boat and I'm ready to get it back on the lift but I got more in it than I had sense at the time.
All composite refit...

[BET]

Any local suppliers of core materials?

[BET]

Calibogue, yours is one of the builds that I'm following very closely.

I see a lot of brackets mounted with the "deck" 3 or 4 inches above the water line. I assume this is just to get the desired engine mounting height on premade/generic brackets.

Are there any reasons you couldn't put the deck much closer to the water line?