Project Spotlight: From Outdrive to V-Drive. The Sea Harvester Episode 1: Lengthening The Hull.

In this video we take on another cool project. Swapping a V drive into this boat, and lengthening the hull to get more floatation and planing surface. Frank, Renee and Tim attack this project, pulling the motor and outdrive, cutting off the stern and getting the major glass work done to the outer hull.

[@TheEriktheanimal]

Great vid! The more details the better!!

[@geoffheldoorn9060]

Wow, love the hull extension. Would like to see more of that process.

[@stevecarlisle3323]

Gunna be a great series !

[@22alisaxni]

Nice selection. Good presentation. The new elongated stern has less squat Effect!🚣

[@danterazeto697]

You guys are amazing thanks for sharing. Excellent engineering and work

[@handmethatchingadera]

Can’t wait to see this one done looks like an awesome project!

[@johnspringer8196]

Looking forward to seeing the rest of this!

[@michaelhazell8421]

You guys are awesome

[@daviparede6944]

👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@GAZYK]

👏 wow you guys are amazing.

[@stevecarlisle3323]

Out drives do not handle commercial fishboat? Like trap boats. The forward and reverse, say 200 times per day, kills all of them, no matter who makes them

[@stevecarlisle3323]

@Aluminium workboat project Jets are inefficient up to cruise compared to props. Imagine the simplicity of fixed shaft surface drive.

[@stevecarlisle3323]

@Juha Tuomala the surface drive performs well at low speed, as th prop is totally immersed. All these drives have their applications

[@russcrosby]

Thanks for sharing

[@SeaboardMarineIncVideos]

Thanks for watching!

[@douglasfurlong1]

Justin, how much does the layup overlap when joining the 2 hull pieces? Once the layup is done on the inside do you sand the joint on the outside thinner then re layup that joint to to the original thickness of the hull? or is all th ework done on the inside?

[@paulvlug812]

What engine was in this boat, and how many horses?

[@SeaboardMarineIncVideos]

Good question, I will add that to the description. It's a QSB 6.7 425HP

[@br5498]

Wish you guys spent more time showing how to.....instead look at what we did....but it’s still a good watch

[@SeaboardMarineIncVideos]

Tony, these videos are part of our project spotlight series which is more "look at what we did." We do have a "How To" series, but honestly we don't produce enough content for that series. Mainly because of lack of time and resources, these projects are already happening and it's easy to shoot whats already going on in the yard. Setting up a how to video takes more time. As our channel grows, it becomes more apparent that we need to devote more resources. I'll be trying to make more how to's in the future. Thanks for the comment, stay tuned!

[@netwright4083]

How many days did it take to do all the work in this video? This is one of my favorite KZbin Channels. #boataddiction

[@SeaboardMarineIncVideos]

It's hard to say exactly how many man hours. Renee has been working on this pretty steady for about a month. Frank has been in and out, juggling multiple projects, mostly working on another boat. Initially pulling the engine, laying everything out and cutting the stern was probably about a week for Frank and Tim. Then about a month of Renee building molds, laying up, sanding , laying up, sanding, building molds repeat. It's time consuming to build up all that structural glass.

[@netwright4083]

@@SeaboardMarineIncVideos Thanks... working steady for a month is good enough.

[@waterman18]

2 drives in 200 Hrs? Who rebuilt the drives or were they sent back to the Konrad factory for rebuilding?

[@SeaboardMarineIncVideos]

I'm not sure, but he did actually change from a single prop to duo prop.

[@paulvlug812]

Can you confirm is the drive a 660 or a 680?