Who would want to by this?
 

Saw this on on E-bay. I'm not trying ot sell this for anyone. But just the opposite, why would anyone want an 18' Tracker SeaCraft? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] 23 Tracker SeaCraft yeah, I can see that or Maybe an older pre Tracker 18. Man you would just have to take it home and rip off those Tracker stickers and hope no one saw it.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=4542956621

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For $2,000, I'd add that to my collection...

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For 2g's huh.. not me. That guy bidding on it must be a real stroker, a Classic SeaCraft wannabe, he must not know just how bad a Tracker built SeaCraft is. To be a Classic SeaCraft fan and buy a Tracker built, that's like buying Thunderbird and sniffing the screw cap. Boy Otto, I bet your glad its over 2gs now, seeing that you have a Mosley and a Potter. Why put a Tracker in there to ruin the lot..Hey Otto I'll give you 2g's for your Mosley...

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In 30 years from now people will be saying that the new ones are just not like the good ones that were built back in 2005. Think about it.
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I dought it. Look at Salvagefirsts 23. There's a big difference in the way tracker makes boats compared to Potters. Anyone thats seen them both apart will tell you. They may look the same on the outside, but thats about it.

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what year is salvagefirsts boat?

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In 30 years from now companies will have 1 or 2 employees working the line. Everything will look like a plastic mold injection system popping out boats one after another. Hand laded fiberglass work will be something of the past.
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Cool! [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

We'll have to hip Tug to this new technology. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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Ha Finster

Have you got a chance to try those new lures of yours yet??? I got mine all rigged and ready to go but haven’t used them yet. Last weekend we fished live bait on the edge of the reef and I got 2 Sailfish and a large barracuda.
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Nah, not yet. Still too cold here for those. I'm hoping to get the boat finished up and in the water for next week.

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Chris, why is it that you and I, the most seriously afflicted SeaCraft "collectors", spend our time working on everything but our SeaCrafts. It must have something to do with that ebola virus I picked up in Jersey last fall.

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Vezo, Part I's Seacraft is an '87 18'. He purchased just two or three weeks before I purchased my MA. I think it was 1996. Neither of us had heard of Seacraft. I was in Tampa picking mine up, and he was in Hilton Head buying his. Had no knowledge of Mr. Potter, Mr. Mosley, or Tracker. Tommy had a Johnson 112 or 115, I don't remember. Repowered with a rebuilt '95 Johnson 150. We run very close speeds together, and though I would choose the 20, over the 18, this boat should not be short changed. His 18, fortunately still holds quality fit and finish, and is aging quite well. Maybe he is lucky. A classic, vintage guy may not care to own this boat, but it is a Seacraft, and I'd fish my brothers 18 over A LOT of other 18 cc's. It is an impressive hull for inshore, and we've fished it offshore pretty hard with the right conditions. It is comfortable and dry. That Tracker will make a nice boat for the right guy.

I've been directly involved building three "vintage" speed skiffs in the past three years. The true skiff racers, go absolutely NUTS when the boats are offered with side exhaust or hydraulic cavitation plates. Completely UNTRADITIONAL, yes, but if your buying it, you can have it any way you want it. The originals never had transmissions because the boats were crane launched, started, and run out to the race course. Turn a few laps and craned back out. Does this mean you are going to buy a 2005 boat with no trans. to keep with the "spirit of Vintage"? Take it from two guys who have one, trans-less, you don't want this.

Sorry about the soapbox. I just think that ebay boat will make someone very happy. And yes, it would NOT make it inside my garage with ANY of those stickers!!!

PS. I am a bone stock traditionalist, but do possess a set of '05 Seacraft hull stickers. Just cant get myself to remove the factory originals. Even may be able to get my hands on that beautiful green and gold boot stipe tape but don't think I could put that on the '79 either. Vezo, Part II.

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Well Don, at least it ain't one of those silly 'ol Grady Whites. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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1989. First year of the semi composite transom( not much wood left) Les.

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I've been out on 18' "trackers' and while maybe not as good a boat as the "potter" boats to the purists, they are better than other 18's out there, my brother has a 1988 18' routinely goes out of Ft Laud harbor 20+ miles out for dolphin, no worries, it was a great buy at the time. my old 1988, 20' tracker which I owned for 13 years was great (sorry, it really was!!) now I have a 1998 21' "new" seacraft and REAL happy with that. I reckon that the Potter, Moesley, CSY, Tracker, New seacraft debate will go on. BTW I kept the TRACKER lettering on the sides of my boat, did not want the "ghost" of the letters to always show thru, discouraged thieves (go figure that one) also did not need the transom rebuilt after 16 years of HARD use

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I wish I hadn't sold my ('77) 18'. really should have kept that boat...