Need ideas for 20' Sceptre to Donzi/Luhrs conversion

[deadrise]

Yer mama Sea's my Craft.

[fdheld34]

Originally Posted by deadrise

I'm not sensitive so you can be blunt if you'd like no worries there. It just looks like it's unfinished after I removed the windshield(it was too cumbersome).

What...you must be joking!!!!....
Someone should have saved this Sceptre when it was on Craigslist forever..another perfectly good boat in the hands of a wacko...blunt enough for ya!
-Fred

[strick]

Sorry we do not negotiate with terrorists. Go hack up a bayliner why don't ya.

strick

[Islandtrader]

See...and you thought converting it to a C/C was a bad idea!

[DonV]

Must be our day here a CSC for idiots! Just add him to the list......

[Islandtrader]

Originally Posted by deadrise

I have a very nice low hour yamaha 2 stroke 9.9 horse 15" motor that should fit it nicely and be quite fuel efficient.

Originally Posted by deadrise

I This is going to be a really fun and fast boat when I'm done with it.

How can a 9.9 equal fun and fast? LOL

Maybe you should spell out your real intentions, and let the crew get over the shell shock that you laid on them...ha ha

[pianewman]

..."...augmenting a bothersome unpopular layout with the goal of slight improvement..."???

...me-thinks someone is pulling of our leg...
If the boat's in Sarasota, maybe I'll send my brother over to check it out.

[gofastsandman]

What in Sam Elliott just happened here today?

OP , the speed of life is a little slower here in Mayberry.

How many CSCr`s does it take to change a lightbulb? 101.
1 to change the bulb and 100 to complain about how much better the old one was.

The 20 Septre is a pretty rare hull and you did say you had thick skin.
Kinda like building an Igloo, climbing inside and yelling Oh No Don`t Jump On The Igloo!

It would be far easier and much cheaper to find an unloved Donzi and go that route.
It takes an advanced understanding of engineering and imagineering to pull off what you propose. Weights and balance, shear loads, tensile strength and on and on.

Very few pros much less amateurs have sucessfully reinvented the wheel.
If you are so inclined, take it one spoke at a time.
GFS

[Blue_Heron]

Originally Posted by gofastsandman

What in Sam Elliott just happened here today?

Perhaps OP forgot his meds this morning.

Seriously. Deadrise, Dude,

First, welcome to Classicseacraft. Second, relax, man. What you've done is the equivalent of running into a group of fans you don't know, who are tailgating at your team's stadium and yelling about all the things you would do differently if you were the coach.

We don't know you. It's hard to tell what you're serious about and what you're joking about in your first post. How do you expect us to react? If you'll slow it down and let us get to know you through some reasonable posts, you'll find we're a pretty good group. And yes, most of us have a sense of humor. How else do you explain Gofastsandman?

Originally Posted by gofastsandman

Just got my Blue Heron decoder ring. Watch out.

Yer killin' me, man!

[Bryan A.]

Originally Posted by deadrise

Atleast let me keep the picture up this time please?! I'm looking for creative, ideas on how to put a cap on this that will deflect the wind properly and add some nice lines to it. And some nice seating would be great too. Please have a sense of humor it makes life more enjoyable:

I can see it, why don't you just fab up a low profile windshield that follows the line of the back gunwale as it comes forward.

That would preserve the integrity of the classic hull and give you the "donzi" lines you are looking for.

You get the idea.....