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[Islandtrader]

The actual LOA of my Seafari 25 is about 27'. The waterline length is just under 25'.

It is amazing how different measurements show up for the same size boat.

When you pull a tape on the 21, it is exactly 21 feet from the nose to the transom.

So I guess you have a 27 Seafari

[stumpie2]

YEA THE MARINA WANTS TO CHARGE YOU FOR THE BOAT TIP-TO-TIP... INCLUDING SWIM PLATFORM... MAKING THE BOAT 27' BECAUSE THE MARINA THAT I KEEP MY 25 AT DOES THE SAME THING BUT I DONT HAVE A PLATFORM SO THEY MEASURE 25' AND I PAY FOR A 25' BOAT

[BillPutney]

You got it . I have a 23 cc and when I told the dry stack owner that it was 23'6 he quoted me one price for storage , after I dropped it off the price went up because the overall meas. with the bracket and engine was 27'3 . They have you every way you turn .

[thunder]

I have replaced the wet transom and floor of a 23 footer before so that doesn't scare me but what is involved with converting a cabin model to a center console. It seems that the cap would have to be partially cut away and then finished off inside (that's intimidating)or do you just put edge trim on the cut edge and go bare bones in the interior? Is there a detailed conversion on this site? I will search it while waiting for a response here.

[BigLew]

Check out the thread, "Here We Go Again." It is an infamous thread that has more answers than questions and is the OUTSTANDING compilation of ideas, questions, alternatives and solutions provided curteousy of Chuck Strickland, aka "Stick" and many of both the usual and some unlikely suspects!!!

PS: your specific question is answered about 2/3 to 3/4 of the way through.

[thunder]

I can't seem to get the search function to work properly and also unable to contact site administration. I keep getting ; default mail client not installed????

[thunder]

WOW! That is some piece a work by "Strick" and way over my range of abilities.

[Fr. Frank]

The marina charge you for the space you actually take up, not the length of the hull alone. I managed Dry Stack marinas for years, and if somebody comes in and tells me their boat is 23', and I stick it into a rack that is 24' deep, and the bracket and motor stick 3 feet out into the aisle when the boat is shoved in all the way to the back wall, I'm going to charge him for 27'. The portion of the boat sticking out into the aisle becomes a hazard, and is much more susceptible to "hanger rash", being hit by the lift as it moves other boats around. You pay for the vessel's true LOA, not the listed hull length.

As I told one customer with a 26' Searay Sundancer with long pulpit and swim platform with an actual LOA of 31'4", "If you only want to pay for 26' of boat, we'd be happy to cut either the bow or stern off at exactly 26' LOA."

[stumpie2]

totally know what your talking about there... i drove forlifts at sunset marina for 4 yrs and became yardboss... those length conversations are always fun then you have to prove to them why there boat wont fit in the smaller rack with the anchor grinding against the front wall and the platform against the mast of the lift when going for the boat above them.... been there understand totally

[thunder]

Well now that the boat length and storage issues have been cleared up lets get back to the point . Help in decideing which power configuration and size hull would be best suitable for me to target. It must be trailerable and offshore capable with at least a 125 mile (round trip) range.