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Re: 225 4 stroke weight for 23cc
Knowing that SeaCraft's are tail heavy boats to begin with, when mine was redone there at Wildfire Marine, everything heavy was moved as far forward as possible (batteries, tank, etc). This is something that is possible when a major overhaul is underway but isn't too practical otherwise. I presume you have moved everything possible away from the transom.
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Re: 225 4 stroke weight for 23cc
jlc,
Let me know how the ballast up front works out.I have a 250 Verado on my '77 and to say it is heavy is a definate understatement.i will probably be going to a enclosed transom and bracket this winter but will tough it out this summer. |
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Re: 225 4 stroke weight for 23cc
It seems that the motor manufacturers have done their best to keep the weight down on the 4 strokes but 4 strokes will just weigh more lbs. due to it’s technology. It also seems like that the boat manufacturers have gone to the unibracket concept and are not building many notched transom boats now a days. Not sure which came first motors requiring bigger and wider boats or bigger and wider boats needing more and more power. Any which way I think the 23 is a good boat to do either/or – either a 2 stroke on the transom or a 4 stroke on a flotation bracket or maybe even 2 smaller motors on a flotation bracket. Any which way moving as much stuff as possible forward is always a good idea on the 23’
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Re: 225 4 stroke weight for 23cc
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Re: 225 4 stroke weight for 23cc
I think if I was going to do it over, I would go with a twin engine bracket that has more floatation. This would resolve any issue.
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Re: 225 4 stroke weight for 23cc
Where are your batteries? My '78 23CC had the batteries under the rear hatch. Moving them under the console helped some. The cheepest solution I can think of for you is to put in a smaller fuel tank. My '78 carries 150 gallons. With twin 115's even if I went offshore 50 miles and back my fuel consumption with room to spare would only be 55 gallons using a 2.5mpg figure. Going from a tank that is roughly 8 feet and 150 gallons to a tank that is 5 feet would give you a tank of about 95 gallons and move 3 feet of fuel out of the transom. That has to be a weight saving of 100 or so pounds with the addition of moving the center of gravity forward. The problem with putting 150 pounds of #6 shotgun pellets up front is you will dig the bow in while riding in a following sea. Hope this helps.
You could also ask a fat friend to sit in the front. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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Re: 225 4 stroke weight for 23cc
There is some more consideration that has not been talked about on this thread, which will help.
The length of your shaft there is a 5” height advantage on the 30” shafts that can help out a lot. I am not saying this will solve any scupper problems but it will help on water coming over the stern in a notched transom. All the new 23’ are a 30” shaft. Another thing that I don’t do is back up in the open sea. When drift fishing I turn the motor to the port of starboard. Use a sea anchor when needed. I like sea anchors and will attach one on the bow and one on the stern to slow down my drift. I know this is not a total fix but by moving things forward as much as possible plus these things it does make a big difference. If you have a Potter hull with the scuppers in the bottom of the boat check out “THE VORTEX” thread I use them and they definitely work. Plus in marginal conditions I will have some one fishing up in the bow of the boat which makes a great movable ballast which at the end of the day will help wash the boat and pay for gas. FellowShip [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img] |
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