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You may have seen this, but I thought it was cool to watch. The 32' looks like fun...

SeaCraft boat runs hard

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Good to see a little bit of rough water in an ad. Contender has the only other rough water ads that I've seen. Thanks for the video

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I didn't see any "green" big water in those. The kind you get when the wind kicks up to 15-20 out of the north in the gulf stream. I had a guy with me last year on one of those days where you lost the horizon in the troughs, came through at about 24 mph, dry, and no launches or crashes. He now owns a 23' SeaCraft.

Funny, you talk to people that used to own one, and they all say it's the best riding boat they ever had.

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ROUGH water is what's on the front cover on the 1974 Brochure in Literature section! [img]/forum/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] It's from a great film made by Bruce Brown in the Sea of Cortez called "A Long Way in a Small Boat"! It was about 2 SeaCraft 23 cc's, one with I/O's and one with twin Johnson V-4's, that ran the entire length of the Baja peninsula in conditions like that picture, not a whole lot different than some of the Offshore Powerboat races around Florida and the Bahamas in the 60's where Moesly raced the 21's! I saw the film playing at the SeaCraft display at the 1974 Miami Boat Show, complete with Bruce Brown's cool narration and soundtrack. Best promotional video I've ever seen! As I recall, the only problem they had was finding fuel! Very few marinas or anything else in that area back then; seems like they had to haul in fuel in 4WD trucks to meet the boats at several locations along the way!

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I agree with JohnB. I saw nothing there that I wouldn't run a Seafari on plane in. the biggest I saw was maybe 3'. Just fun stuff. Show me the boat in a storm-driven 4-7, or 5-8. THAT would impress me.

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Bushwacker - I totally agree. If Tracker only knew about that video . . . They could sell seacrafts 24x7x365 showing that video. It's very inspirational . . .

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ive been trying to find that film in the 74 catalog for the last few years now with no luck........

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http://www.classicseacraft.com/broch...edium/0004.jpg

This image from the 1974 Catalog is one of the stills that shows the conditions that Bruce Brown and his buddies drove in for 5 days 800 miles (average speed over 20knts). . . . from San Felipe to Cabo San Lucas.

Sure beats those sissy conditions in the Tracker Video.

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We need a copy of this video!

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Now that's the water I am talking about. The "were is the horizon" size waves. I do like my Sceptre when the waves come over the bow :D.

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Alright already! I should have said choppy :D. Your not gonna see any "green" water ads because of liability. You know if the average fool sees somebody else doing something hes gonna try it also, most of the time resulting in failure. It's just good to see an ad with with a boat running in something besides a lake! The only thing that I've seen lately is a still shot of a 32' Whaler with the phrase "4 to 6 is still better than 9 to 5" and I didn't see any 6 footers in the picture.

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"Please,Please,Please, stop torturing me."

I've never actually been in any SeaCraft,but i'm hoping to have my 74 Tsunami in the water this coming year,(late summer).
I am going crazy trying to imagine the ride that everyone keeps talking about.

My fishing is all on the great lakes where a large percentage of time it always seems to be nasty,with 3-6's very close together.

In the spring we make a lot of runs west to the Niagara river bar(about 18 miles),and have had to come back in those steep p.i.a close together waves.

I'm currently running a 22'Trophy and we could only make around 9-11 knots in that stuff.Anything faster and tackle was falling off the dash and shelfs.I feel like the boat is going to break in half,it sucks,although it's kind of funny listening to my buddies let out a moan every time we land.

I can't wait to get my Tsunami in the water,and fired up under the same conditions.My friends think i'm nuts for doing this restoration.They can't beleive that any 23' boat could ride as good as i told them that this Tsunami will.

I sure hope it's all everyone says it is,because i'm hoping i can say to all of them "See,i TOLD you so". :)

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When the wind kicks up down here, the waves are tight also. I'll look around and won't see anyone else and I'll keep fishin. Maybe I keep fishin because I'm a fool, but more likely its because I'm in a SeaCraft.

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Fr. Frank...... I read somewhere on here that you once got caught in those conditions and it took all your skills as a Captian to get back in. Is it something you would want to go through again? Who else on this site has been in storm driven 8's, were you comfortable, would want to do it again? I've had my 18 in some 5's that were about 5' apart against an out going tide in Boca Grande Pass and I wouldn't willingly want to do it again.

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My boat will testify to some standing 6 footers out in the gulf stream. We call them angry elephants, and your ride on their backs. A rogue wave hit us 25 miles out, and went OVER the top. I have had a few run-ins with Sebastian inlet that resulted in water over the windshield. Been caught in several nasty nighttime storms snapper fishing before I finally got radar. You can't run them wide open, but you can make a good 15-20 mph in some serious conditions. The only bad habit mine has, is in certain following seas, coming over Canaveral Bight, when the swells in the winter start to stack up, it feels like it would like to pitch pole to the side, but it never does. I think most deep V nosed boats do that. Since I put the 4 blade prop on, with the big 250, I can power my way through most of it without breaking the prop loose. With the 3 blade, it would blow out sometimes. It will be interesting to see how it does with the bracket.

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"Trayder" has a copy. A few of us saw this video a couple of years ago at his house during the Newport get-together. Very impressive I must add.

BTW: Last year Mark and Myself discussed this video with Bill Potter while he was aboard our boats for a sea trial. He said he had one re-mastered on DVD and was supposed to get a copy to us.
(Yo Mark, Remember ?) I need to remind him of that

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yeah, you might need to remind him, that was actually in the Spring of '05 that we discussed that with him. If he has a copy it would be easy enough to burn off a few if he has the licensing right to do so (from the Brown's).

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Someone needs to be reminded when I was reminding http://www.bloodydecks.com/forums/im...hali_nuija.gif

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I sent Bruce Brown films an email a few months ago. Apparently Bruce Brown hadn't seen the film since it was made in the 1970's. They are in contact with Potter and may be trying to restore the original film. Potter has the rights to the film, since potter paid for the film to be produced . . . so I think that it maybe available in the near future.

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I've been in pretty close together wind blown 3-5s before....following, slightly quatering sea, on our way in from 50 miles out. I have a 24' I/O and that was a long ride with constant throttle attention....climbing the back of a wave, falling off the front and accelerating down, then slogging into the back of the next wave and having to climb up it. Just keeping on plane was tough without slamming when we'd slide down the front of the waves. I think FrFrank in on with it's all about experience. Adjusting our course in that situation to more of a stern quarter helped a lot. I've gone out some inlets into a head sea with the tide going out where the waves were really close and steep....in the 4-6 range in an 18ft boat. It's definitely a pucker factor when you realize the wave height of the crests is a couple of feet above gunnel height. That was a day when we waited for the right opportunity to come about and rode one back in to stay inshore.

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And I should add I'm chomping at the bit to try it in my Tsunami....

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Trayder....any chance you could make a DVD for sale to the members???

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It is not mine to sell.

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Bummer.....but roger that....

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Hey, I bet we could make a video with our "classics" that puts that one to shame.

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Peter,

It's funny you should mention that. Carla and I discussed that exact subject on Saturday with her Dad, who was doing film of racing Sea Crafts 45 years ago.

It was suggested that if we had 3 or 4 cameras and could get a "good" day, that the get together at Long Point in April, where we should have 20 boats from 18 to 27, we could put the film together on a DVD. It was also suggested that I spearhead and coordinate the effort.

I'll do that. Any experienced videographers or editors out there that care to help? Digital still images would be great too. I'm thinking of investing in an High Definition Camera with a large hard drive... That's a write-off, right?

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I have a DVR camera rig in my boat, same rig that the police use in their cars. The quality isn't HD, but the cameras are stabilized (more or less).

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I think I might know a CSC member who has limited professional experience with a camera?! :D He may be fishing in the Pacific at that time, though...... ;)

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Keep in mind we already have Boatpix.com on board for the Long Point gathering.

Otto feel free to contact them and set up for them to do a video :cool:

Having us run in formation being video'd would be totally awesome. :D

See ya, Ken

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Anyone ever ride on a 32 seacraft? is it just a stretched 23?
or a different hull?

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I have been in one, and they ride ok, but I have ridden in other 32-33 boats that ride better. IMHO, the are wet if you have any wind coming from the side.