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HI ALL, I JUST BOUGHT MY FIRST SEACRAFT AND QUICKLY LOCATED YOUR SIGHT. IT'S BEEN GREAT DOING RESEARCH HERE AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO POSTING SOME PICTURES WHEN I UNCOVER HER. I PICKED UP AN ORIGINAL, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, 1974 20SF IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

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Good luck with her.

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THANKS, NICE 23SF!

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Good luck with her and can't wait to see pics. I just got your message...i believe puckyuck also got an older sf. It'll be nice to exchange info and pics in the spring as the three of us all take on our project sf's, and anybody else who has picked up a sea craft this winter.
-andrew

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welcome to the site!!

congrats on your new boat you are in a great area to use her this season

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What are you waiting for ...uncover her now !!! :rolleyes:
we want pictures !!

Just teasing !! :D

Welcome to CSC !!

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"SwampYankee" what's that? Ya got some part time coon azz in ya like Capt Brad?

Welcome to CSC and post the boat porn :cool:

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"2" mo & we can have us a Crawfish Boil! !Jetz' Bon' :D
Welcome ! Make sho Ya get all dat Duck weed off Yo toes fo- ya come in da house!:D

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Welcome to the site. If you haven't noticed already, there are quite a few members on the Cape, so you'll be able to start your own local "support" group. :D As Trayder mentioned, you're in a great location for these boats. There are lots of 20s and 23s in your neck of the woods.

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Thanks for the welcome, and I'm looking foreward to running through the cut in Chatham into the ocean to see how it handles.

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Thanks and I guess I will have to actually buy a digital camera or at least borrow one so I can get some pictures up. It was 50 and sunny on Cape today and I was itching to get started.

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Believe it or not I don't have a digital camera! I'm the only one I know without one. I will have to buy or borrow one soon to post pictures.

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Swamp Yankee, not so sure what it means either! I think I avoided the coon azz though! few! It's a reference to Yankee pioneers, mostly poor americans that settled less desireable swamplands etc in New England area, a hardy group as the history books I've read suggest and made a way for themselves. Corny huh! Anyways I always liked it and might name this boat Swamp Yankee.

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Would that be an AMF Sunfish, those are classics around here and I picked one up this summer at a tag sale.

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Thanks for the welcome. It's been fun surfin the site and reading up on Seacrafts.

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Thanks Scott, I already seem to know a lot of guys on Cape with Seacrafts! My wifes uncle has a 23 SF IO, a 1973 I think that he Tuna fishes and runs charters with. I also know 3 others so far with older seacrafts. It's like a car once you have a certain make they seem to be everywhere!

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Welcome to the site SwampYankee. I'm surprised - being from New England and owning anything that has a reference to Yankee. Can you put some pinstripes on it to? Pitchers and catchers report tomorrow! :D

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Thanks, and anything with pinstripes gets run off Cape Cod without a Seacraft! I hope Spring training brings warm weather, cause that Seacraft I bought is ready for a test. I already waxed the hull!

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Swamp

Yep …. Had three of them at one point!!!. My family owned a Marine Hardware store in the early 70’s. As part of that they were an AMF Alcort dealership. So as a kid I had access to all that stuff. The one we currently have is bristol and has been garage keep for most of its life. Somewhere I have all the old sales manuals, and brochures along with parts and sails. We even had a Sailfish. I often think it would have been a cool business to have , but like retail "Mom and Pop” stores that have been consumed by corporate monsters, I think the hardware store would have been too….

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Too funny! The sunfish I have is an Alcort also, and I grew up with a White with Green deck sailfish. I wish I still had that, it was in great shape. The sunfish I have is in ok shape. I picked it up cheap and it cleaned up nice on top. I want the kids to learn to sail etc.

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I'm pretty sure one of them was red and white, then the sunrise colors and the one we still have is the red, white and blue. We also had another classic ...a 13 whaler ... that was a fun boat...hated to see that one go!!

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The sunfish I have is light blue on top with white stripes. I'm anxious to post pics of the 20SF I just bought It was stored for the first 10 years for some reason and then the guy I bought it from had it 16 years. The condition of the boat speaks to that. A little elbow grease and wax and it should look almost new. It even has original cushions.