New to Me - 1972 20' Seafari

[John3325]

Hello all,

Just picked up my first Seacraft, 1972 Seacraft Seafari that I bought off a fellow classicseacraft member (thanks again Alan!). Has a 2000 Yamaha 100 HP Fourstroke and a continental aluminum trailer under it.

Needs a little bit of work but I am pretty excited to get into my first seacraft. From what I was told by previous owner, the boat was converted from an I/O by Bigshrimpin, and then purchased by the previous owner who added a custom aluminum bracket that is on the boat now.

Picked it up today and couldn't wait to get started on getting it ready. I already tried a fiberglass restorer/wax to bring back the original gelcoat. It definitely helped a little but I am going to try a color restoring and rubbing compound to bring it out more. Besides that I made a couple of backing blocks out of 1/2 marine ply for the outrigger mounts to provide some strength.

Other things on the short list I have planned:

Repair crack in back corner of the port gunnel, install a second battery, install new Raymarine A78 MFD unit, and if I have find the time after that refinish all the woodwork.

I tried attaching some pictures, hopefully they work.

Any thoughts, comments please let me know what you guys think!