Re: 78 Seavette
 

Well the story is I arrived at Bay Island Yacht sales at 8:45 on Sat. 8/6/05, which was just before the broker got there. I looked at the outside of the boat and it looked pretty good. I looked at the inside and that was a whole different story. Some one had glassed over the original floor in places. They covered up the original pretty deck and left raw UN smoothed fiberglass mat, which they had just painted over. On top of that I tapped on the deck with a screwdriver and could hear hollow places. [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img] I then moved on to the top deck. Up there I found a very spongy spot and several holly places as well. Needless to say I was pissed, especially after driving 960 miles to the place. I was assured of no soft spots anywhere. Well I told the broker that I was not interested in the boat and he apologized several times. He said that he did not realize that those things were wrong with it. So then I called miles offshore. He recommended that I do some sight seeing while I was there and go across the Chesapeake Bay bridge/tunnel. So upon doing so I called the broker back and told him that I was still interested in the boat but only if I could get it cheap enough to have all of the work done by a professional fiberglass guy and still be into the boat for the same amount as the original selling price. At that point I made the broker an offer that was less than half of what we had agreed on. He then had to get in touch with the owner, which was out of town. After about 30 min, he called me back and said that I have a boat and to come pick it up. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] The hull # on this boat is #011 which would be the eleventh boat of the 11 made with the I/O.

Re: 78 Seavette
 

Good deal! You played it well, congrats!

Mine which is SECV hull #4, OB for '78, took me over a year to pull off the deal. When I originally found the boat, the only thing I knew was, it was going to be mine....

Wait til you take it for a ride. Not only does the boat have great lines, and looks of a bad-ass MF'er. It rides like your riding on a cloud.

Congrats again. Get some pic's up!

Re: 78 Seavette
 

Congrats on the rare seavette. I was thinking that since you got the boat for so cheap that now you can keep the sceptre and have two seacrafts? get those pics up [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

strick

Re: 78 Seavette
 

Way to go Steve

Now you'll be changing your display name to "Lost2aSeaVette" [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

Re: 78 Seavette
 

I have already taken it out. When I got home late Sunday afternoon I splashed her. I have a few mechanical bugs to work out but for the most part it is runable. Boy it sits arse heavy. One of the owners had done away with the self-bailing deck. Now I see why, it would self bail right down to the bottom. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] I'm going to look into moving the batteries up front. I would like to keep both boats, however I would need to take the money that I get for the Sceptre and have the vette repaired.

Re: 78 Seavette
 

Steve,
Your gonna have to Awl Grip the Vette Fighting Lady Yellow.
No doubt it will look GOOD!!
Good Luck, Ken

Re: 78 Seavette
 

glad you ended up getting a good deal steve- enjoyed talking to you also, sorry we couldnt hook up for a while ! craig

Re: 78 Seavette
 

Just an update, I think that I have most of the small mechanical bugs worked out of the Seavette. I ran it all weekend with the GPS. I'm getting 2.2 MPG and she tops out around 54-55 MPH. The engine seems to be a stock 420 HP Mercruiser. I think that the guy was full of bull saying that it had been dynoed at 500 HP, but that's ok. I would have figured that it would have been a little faster. However the engine and TRS outdrive is extremely heavy, also the deck is waterlogged. I'll try to post some pics later if I get a chance.

Re: 78 Seavette
 

so what are you looking to sell your Sceptre for? 82 is that still a Potter hull?

Re: 78 Seavette
 

jcm1, $17,000
The 82 was built by Seacraft Industries, after Potter but before Tracker took over. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
Thanks.