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Hello everyone, I just found this site a week or so ago and I'm really enjoying the wealth of knowledge that you folks put out there for folks like me. I run an old '75 23ft Sceptre that has been in my family since new. She started out with the 233 I/O, spent about 20 years with a Volvo Penta TD, and she's been happy with a FWC 350 Mag Horizon for the last six years. I'll try to post a few pictures of her last weekend just before I splashed her again after a good spring cleaning. I had the transome replaced during the last re-power, and the finish work wasn't anything to write home about, but other than that she's strong and looks great. I've got temporary panels in at present over the fuel tank, and the the cockpit storage locker, while I'm having the originals re-built, once that's done she'll be good as new.
Thanks again for the great site, and I'll be checking in often to see what's new in the Seacraft world.
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Welcome, Banjo! You in Virginia Beach?

Yes Sir, other than about 5 years at GA Southern back in the 80's, I've lived there since the late 60's.
John

WElcome to the site.... WE need all the sceptre guys we can get in here ;)

Welcome banjo2 to Classic SeaCraft
CSC Member "Miles Offshore" is from Va Bch also

Enjoy the ride :cool:

Thanks guys, for the welcome. There are several old SeaCraft owners in the VA Beach area. It's always great to see them out on the water, and in my opinion they are still some of the best looking and performing rigs on the water. Mine has been in the water since new, only got her her first trailer with the most recent repower six years ago. She's only dry for about 3 weeks a year so I can paint the bottom and the like, and only then when the water temps drop below 40 and the rock-fish have headed south. She gets alot of compliments at the fuel pier and at waterside restaurants, and nobody can believe that she's 36 years old. With the full set of curtains up, it is definately one of the more comfortable small boats out in the ocean for the late season stripers, and at up to 39 kts, she'll get you home pretty quickly when you're done, seas permitting.
Thanks again, and I look forward to following the goings on here at the CSC website.
John

Welcome aboard! Here's another SeaCraft site you might find interesting. It covers the early days of SeaCraft's founding by Carl Moesly and all of his designs and racing heritage, up to the time that Bill Potter took over.

Keep an eye out for the "Gatherings" section. Given the number of members in the area, we should have a Mid-Atlantic gathering this summer. I really would like to meet some of the members and it's rediculous for us to let all the Florida and New England boys have all the fun! Talk it up when you see some of the SC owners on the water.

Welcome aboard Banjo II. Glad to have another Sceptre on the site. We have had ours from day one also.

welcome banjo , i live in va beach first 76 23 cc was restored to fighting lady yellow (Taylor's Toy) second 76 23 cc is restored to white God'sReel. Trying to get a mid atlantic gathering together with uncle boo. hit me up some time.

Va Beach here too....

Bushwacker, thanks for the link to the Mosely Site, interesting to see how the lines evolved, and also nice to see some pictures of those boats that are still in the game and looking good.

Uncleboo and God'sReel, that Mid-Atlantic gathering sounds like a great idea. We might could center it out of Lynnhaven. My company built that launch facility a few years back at Crab Creek for anybody comming in on a trailer, and the facilities there are pretty nice. After a day of fishing, watersports, or whatever individual members might want to do, we could raft-up in broad bay off of white beach for a little fish tale tellin, grilling, and the sand hill bluff would make a great vantage point for some picture takin. The good thing about the Lynnhaven Basin is that if the weather was nice the sky's the limit, but if it was blowin pretty hard, folks could still target flounder or other small fare in the sheltered Lynnhaven River. The general site-seeing and exploring potential for out-of-towners would also be alot more interesting based out of Lynnhaven given the proximity of Broad and Linkhorn Bays for those who didn't want to fish. The options would be pretty limited from Rudee Inlet if the ocean had her dander up. Sign me up!

77 Scepter, I'm lovin that top and cobia tower, did you build it yourself? That's an upgrade that's on my want-to-do list, but it'll have to wait till the heavy construction market recovers in my area. Catchin hell at the present time.

Dilligaf, I think I've seen some of your posts over on the VBSF site. Hopefully I'll get some time to do more fishin this season, and I'll be able to post some good reports there as well. I also intend to make some of the M&G's that the members over there have monthly, so I can put some faces together with names that always have so much good fishing intel that they are willing to share.

Thanks for all the feedback guys,
John