Took the Seacraft 100nm

[Jeff79Sceptre]

Well Friday I took the boat for its 1st offshore trip. Left the dock at 3:30am. Around 4:15 we started noticing water coming in from the bow of the cuddy area. Checked the bilge and everything was cool. Ran the twin 1998 ocean runners at the tune of 1nm per gallon. I need more than 160 gallons! Got to the fishing grounds and all was good until 10:30 am. Winds are
Now 15-17 knts out of the NE. 4'-5' seas. I tolerated this for awhile but as fuel would have it I was forced to leave. Ran home in the stuff at 18knts with more water in my face than I dare to talk about. The Scepte performed Awsome! The water that was coming in was from the new rub rail being installed and the freaking silicone on the top cap joint coming off. The previous owner didn't bother caulking the old rub rail holes up. My automatic life jacket actually inflated in the cuddy area due to all the water. And too go with all of that I only caught a Bonita. Better than nothing!

[bgreene]

Hardcore man - running in 4-5's . Good sea trial.

[kmoose]

SeaCrafts love doing the SeaCraft thing offshore! Nothing more enjoyable than every so often taking them out on an iffy day to let them do what they do....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqDlkqjcEjs

[DonV]

Man...that was a windy, snotty day!!!! The seas west of the island were real nasty, however the grouper you brought back was very, very tasty!!!

[kmoose]

Conner and I were going to go spearfishing no matter what. I can remember floating in the water waiting for my wife to pick us up and seeing the boat completely disapear behind the swells. I got to hand it to Conner for rolling in with the faith that Melissa would be there to swoop in and pick him up. If you didn't know her you would never guess she was so salty to manage the helm unassisted in the big water.

[cdavisdb]

Best I ever saw. EXTREMELY reassuring.

Moose was going spearfishing no matter what. I was mostly just along for the ride.