new sea craft owner

[deerhunter]

had it out this weekend . what a smooth ride. think i'm gonna like this boat. did notice some leakage around the deck scuppers. anyone had this problem. thanks, bill.

[uncleboo]

Depending on the motor, lots of people have had that problem. These boats were designed for lightweight 2 stroke motors. Lots of reading on this subject. Search Scuppers. Welcome to the madness.

[deerhunter]

its a 1973 cuddy 20fter with a 115 mariner. had been setting 4 or 5 yrs. gonna probally just seal up the scuppers and do something differant when winter comes.

[ricknewman]

Just get a couple plugs and put them in when you're not running.

[Fr. Frank]

Just get a couple plugs and put them in when you're not running.

That'll keep water off the deck, but won't stop a leaky deck scupper from leaking into the bilge. Trust me on this, I know.

[deerhunter]

that boat looks like mine . i have the little oblong windows on the cuddy. nice looking boat there. i tried putting the plugs in but like frank says . still leaked into the bildge. bought a couple brass tubes. gonna try to put those in. otherwize they'll be sealed up with fiberglass body filler. can't be worried about leaks when i'mm 25 miles offshore fishing for cod and haddock.

[McGillicuddy]

Deerhunter, here's a general photo sequence of my Seafari scupper replacement. Probably an hour job minus watching epoxy dry...

If your planning on using bondo, I'd steer you away from it and toward epoxy. Much better sealing the old wood, much better adhesion and much stronger.
It's important to seal the rotting wood block that supports the scupper tubes - that's how/where the water enters the bilge

http://s261.photobucket.com/albums/i...pper%20Repair/

[Fr. Frank]

Gillie, are those 6" brass tubes? Where did you obtain them?

[deerhunter]

i picked up the tube at a local mariner. they only had one though. gonna try west marine. what type of tool does the finale peening there, gill. thanks for the pics. they are very helpfull.

[cdavisdb]

Congratulations, Deerhunter. You have scored what has to be the best of the Seacraft 20s, especially for going offshore in your neck of the woods. If (when) you get ready for the next and larger boat, know that Seacraft made a very few 25 ft seafaris. I've been lucky enough to own both models. There are several great refirb threads on 25s, going on now.

Hint on going offshore. The 20 likes weight forward. A rack of six scuba tanks or a big cooler full ice and fish go real nice in the forward well.