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I may have started one other thread in the years I have said more things about more subjects than I can remember but I am not sure sure if I ever started a thread.

That said, I thought it might be both fun and interesting to hear how other members remember how they became a member of the knowledgeable few. (So I am being a bit provincial!) Live with it.

Let's hear from everyone. I think we will all learn a thing or three!

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I learned about SeaCraft through my dad when i was looking for boats. he used to always say how seaworthy it was, he talked more about the Seacraft then any other boat that he owned

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i learned about seacrafts from my dad. i was looking for a smaller boat that i could afford. we went to look at a 20 mako and a 20 sportcraft with bracket. kept looking and looking and found a 20 seacraft. my dad said this is the boat to get and in the 70's if you had a seacraft that meant you were serious about fishing.

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I learned about them from my fishing buddy, Charlie. He had bought a new 1969 20SF (I think he paid around $5000 for boat motor and trailer). I fished with him from 1970 and continue that today. He still has the same boat, with the same Seminole winch on, roller trailer, and I have a 1970 - both boats restored and running well. And - we currently both run a 150 ETEC. I also fished with my dad in his 1976 20SF he bought new with a gigantic Evinrude 175 on it. All of this out of Miami and the Florida Keys. Look for an all white 20SF out of Key Largo's Ocean Reef Club the last half of August. Charlie will be down there fishing. He will have his blue Bimini top and his bow dodger up, usually trolling off Carysfort or Molasses somewhere.

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I grew up a bilge rat hanging around my uncle's marina, washing boats, fueling them up and basically anything that needed to be done. I've seen alot of different boats, but, when I first saw a SeaCraft, it was down in Morehead, NC. It was at a dealership and the minute I saw it, (drooling over it for about an hour), I knew it was the boat for me. Flash forward 15 years and my other uncle had one and allowed me to use it when I wanted. Finally aggravated him into selling it to me and ultimately fullfilled my dream. I won't say I'll never own another boat, but, I'll own this one until they dump my ashes off the stern! :eek: :D

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Learned from my dad. In the early seventies my dad learned of SeaCrafts. He really admired them, and in 1977 he bought a 23' Sceptre after comparing and shopping other top brands. We have had that boat in our family since.

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It was 1966 or 67 I was about 13. It was very rough. The wind was out of the east. I was driving my 13' whaler w/ johnson 18 approaching the Gables waterway. My throttle was set on speed 2 (only two speeds, off and WOT). We would climb the wave get airborne and slam into the back of the next wave. This was perceived as fun. I looked aft and saw the most amazing sight. Coming up behind me fast was a 21 SeaCraft. It rode high dry and very smooth. It sliced through the chop effortlessly. It took my breath away. It rode past us and the gentleman smiled and waved, no doubt glad he was in his boat and not mine. I was now a major SeaCraft fan. I decided right then and there that I was going to own a SeaCraft one day. I soon discovered the name of the designer, Carl Moesly, and learned all I could about SeaCraft. My first ride was in 1968 at a rendevous of our yacht club at Boca Chikka. The island was then owned by the Rivers family and yound Ed had a brand new 15' Scamp. It was coppertone colored with a Mercruiser I/O. The ride consisted of repeated runs at WOT with a very hard right or left turn. The boat would carve like a water ski and throw up a wall of water. Needless to say my fanatisism increased and continues to this day. Carl Moesly continues to be one of my heros.

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Me om just a newby. I've owned a boat for 33 years but after kving I had to sell my boat at my new house so I saw this 20 sf forsale.
I ha e seem a few after ko ng to FL and loved the classic look.
Heck I havnt even ridden in t yet waiting on a motor. But i hear it's great

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Ok This is going to be long and probably corny,so you've been warned.

I Bought my first boat when I was 19.No one in my family ever owned a boat or fished,but somehow i ended up loving the looks and adventure that a boat gave me.
After a long period of having mostly Aluminum ones,I got hooked on the Salmon fishing on the Great Lakes,and realized that i needed something bigger and heavier for the seemingly always ugly water conditions on them.

First "big" boat (to me)was a 22'Trophy hardtop and i fished it pretty hard for ten years,but the ride and handling in the rough stuff wasn't fun.
During that Time,a good friend in the fiberglass supply business,who had built a few downeast boats,and owned several other types would always tell me that I should find something like an old Seacraft or Formula,He'd say"You need to get an old Seacraft and restore it."
He would tell me how so many of his customers had converted the old seacraft hulls into cod fishing rod and reel boats for commercial type fishing.He'd say "The seacraft hull would be good in that crappy wave pattern on the Great lakes".He would tell me how well they were built for their day and how good the ride and sea handling caracteristics were.
He is extremely knowledgable on boats and I trusted his opinion without question.

I would see him about once a week at his shop and he would always bring up the Seacraft thing.Ocassionally he'd come accross one for sale but usually they were way out of my price range.

One day I happened to be walking around the backside of the boatyard where i kept my Trophy up in Niagara county,in western NY.
This part of the yard had mostly old junk boats that had been abandoned or left there after the customers stopped paying storage fees.
You know,the ones you see with weeds and trees growing out of the rotted cores on the decks,and wasp nests in all the crevices.
Anyway I see this red boat way in the back that had nice looking lines,so I took a walk over to it to check it out,and lo and behold if it's not a Seacraft Tsunami with a hull ID stating it's a 1974.
That was it,I had to have it.My buddy thought I was crazy.What the heck is so special about this thing,and look at it,it's a mess are you really serious about buying this? he asked.
Hell yeah I said,can't you picture how cool this would be brought back to it's glory days?

So now I go to the owner of the yard (a friend of mine)and ask him if it's for sale.He says to me "That's Snakes boat,he owes me storage but nobody knows where he is"
I found out that this Snake guy was kind of a crazy guy with a bizzare reputation that used to run and own the boat,and that he bought it from a guy who chartered it out who I know that we refer to as old jammer.
You'd have to see this place,it's just full of crazy guys,the kind that look like something out of the Ernest Hemmingway period.Most of them are nice guys, but rough and tough and tend to drink way too nuch.
Well I would go back there about once a month to fish out of the Trophy and each time,I'd ask Jim(the owner)if he found snake yet.
It was always nope,can't find him.(I don't think he was looking all that hard).
I don't think he cared about getting rid of it at all.He's like so many of the places you see in the country with junk all over the property,but they won't sell it.

For three solid years I drove him nuts pushing him to find this snake guy,or take a mechanics lean on it so he could get it and then sell it to me.
One day there was a guy from the campground accross the street who overheard the conversation,and said that he knew this Snake guy and where he was.

Well,he was right,he got me the old registration and got Snake to sign the boat over to Jim.I bought it from jim without even knowing what he wanted.I called him the week before Thanksgiving,told him to get it ready to tow as I was making the six hour ride to come and get it.
When I got there I asked him how much he wanted,and he hemd and hawed and finally said almost as a question how about $1000.00 I said sold.
I immediately went out and bought four new tires for the trailer,loaded the hubs with grease and towed her the 400 miles home.
I spent the next three years restoring it,paying as i went for mostly all new equipment and have never regretted it for a minute.

The fact that I've actually had people make special trips to the marina to say that they heard I fixed up Snake old boat and they couldn't believe it was the same boat.The fact that there is not one day when someone doesn't ask me what kind of boat it is,and is it new?even better when I tell them it's a 1974 they can't belive it.And all the old time local characters who have said,"I fished on that boat".
All those things and the awesome ride and performance it gives me,and along with the tons of knowledge and help that I've received from many of you on his site,make this more than just a boat to me.

When I go up to NY and have Jim say to me "everybody who comes in here always asks who owns that red boat and is it for sale".
All those words above are enough to know how special these old Seacrafts are.They are mor5e than just a piece of fiberglass.

My thanks to Joe Merton who started me off on this adventure,and to my buddy Bob who was a huge help in the resto,and to everyone else along the way who helped in various ways.

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Very simple- I saw an ad in a fishing magazine in the mid-70's for Mariner outboards which featured a really cool looking center console that caught my eye- shortly after that while walking thru a marina there it was- a SeaCraft- wanted one ever since and finally bought one in 2001. (As an aside, the original ad I saw way back then has been shown on this site as well as for sale on ebay recently)

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What a GREAT story! Now that is what I'm talking about! What is it about these boats that simply overwhelm us with the dedication, not to a "brand", but to the boats themselves and why they seem to be a great vehicle that continue to hold us hostage to their heritage.

Call it passion or a disease. There is something about these boats. Let's hear what you think it is for yourselves.

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For me, it's the smooth ride, the sexy curves and the rock solid feel when bustin' waves. Like john123, I've shocked several people by telling them how old it is. It's difficult to describe the feeling. When I was younger, my cars were my passion, but, now I have a passion towards my SeaCraft that far exceeds the one I had towards the cars.

I hope that everyone that reads this will share their story. This is GREAT reading.

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When I was a kid I grew up on a family friends baby blue 1971 20sf, transom was wet, floors soft, hatch coring gone...and still was such a fun boat, that boat sits about 25 slips down from me now and has been scabbed together since I was a kid and pretty much looks the same and hasn't missed a season.

As I moved around in the boat business and experienced some other boat yards it always seemed like a yard had a seacraft, or a knockoff project of some sort. When I moved to working sportfish's a ton of people used to have an SC or a knockoff as a inshore rig or skiff...

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Mine was kinda in two parts, First in the mid to late seventies I was working for Nabisco and while driving down the highway I saw a 23'er at a dealership.....it was just too cool looking!! Looked so damn sleek. Then a couple of years later at a boat show in Tampa I got to see one up close, I was sold on it!! As always, the story of my life I had no money but I knew I had to have one!!! Second, I was out with some friends grouper fishing on his 32' Wellcraft, we were at least sixty miles out, had mechanical problems and were forced to come back in on basically a one engine idle. We hailed a local Captain who was a friend of the boat's owner and wanted to know if he would like our pinfish, sure as heck half an hour later here he comes in a yellow 23' SeaCraft with a "mac daddy" T-top, rods all over the place, the whole nine yards!! With out a doubt it was the best looking boat I ever saw slicing through the 2 to 4' waves. That was it, I knew I would own one someday.

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How'd I find Seacraft?? I got married.

There is more to it.

I had a Bertram 25. I was 29 years old and my very happy life consisted of doing nothing but working, working on the boat and diving. Until Karen came along, which required some adjustment. I realized there wasn't time for both the Bertram and Karen. Much as I loved the boat, something had to give, so I kept Karen, good decision. That left me boatless while I did a lot of research on what next. It had to be smaller, much easier to maintain, less expensive to run, ride well in rough water and be very very tough, a fairly difficult list of characteristics. The guys in my dive club, St Pete Underwater Club, were the source of my Seacraft compulsion, recommending a 20 Seafari as just what I needed. There were several in the club and they had stood the test of time and use. It also met every criteria and, for sure, nothing else in that size class could stand up to the punishment. The advice was outstanding. What a great dive/camp/fishing boat. I loved it and kept it until circumstances forced parting. Much later, and several boats, I was doing research on what should be the next boat and kept coming back to how good the Seafari was, but it was just too small for what I needed. Then I discovered on this forum that such a thing as a 25 Seafari existed, a very few of them, out there somewhere. I found one on the east coast and bugged to owner for years to sell it to me. The rest is history.

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Another great story! I'm curious. What made you seek out the 25' vs. the 23? Was it just size or were you thinking about other factors?

Working from home has its advantages sometimes. One is able to check in here every few hours if the activity warrants it.

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In March of 03 I caught a glimpse of mine sitting in a storage lot about a 1/4 mile off the main drag. I just had to turn around. Thats when the addiction started. :D

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Size and layout. I do long trips, sleep and cook aboard the boat and wanted the largest boat that I could trailer with my existing truck, 25 or 26 ft, but it had to be 8 ft beam or close. The Seafari layout is about perfect for me, much better than the Tsunami. Also, my kidneys are getting old, sitting a few feet farther from the bow looked real good. From experience, I knew the Seafari layout was perfect. Finding one that had a power plant that I was very familiar with (and preferred) plus that fit my existing trailer plus weighed very little more than my previous boat was fabulous. I did not expect the ride to be as good as it is, extremely pleasant surprise

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One vote for ADDICTION! Any for DISEASE?

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John,

I remember you questioning your boat's rough water abilities after your first trip on the lake. I, and quite a few others, suggested you put the thottle down a bit more and you thought we were CRAZY! That is until you tried it. I think that is when you were HOOKED!

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1970's boating magazine ads started the addiction, And while down at the community boat ramp in Tequesta, FL., I noticed a 20 SF tied up full of rain water........The owner walked up and asked if I wanted a ride while he ran the water out! I was hooked!

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http://www.classicseacraft.com/forum...r=44728&Forum=
:cool: :D

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We had a Dell Quay Dory when I was a kid. A Brit. Whaler knock off. I always called it a Whaler because no one knew what a Dell Quay was. My first love. It was wet and pounded. Just like a water park and an amusement park all rolled into one. What more could a kid ask for?

Millway marine did the annuals on "Pigling Bland". Dana was a dealer for SeaCraft, Mako, and later Ocean Master. That is how I came to know about the brand in name only. We moved from the Cape when I was a teen and it broke my heart.
I turned into a little S#(^ head. It wasn`t until Mom got ill in Vero that I found my church again. My ocean. I came back to help her and it helped me more. I left the drugs in L.A. and never looked back.

I met Janet and she bought me a Silstar special at walmart. I went to the pier. I became a pier rat. I blew up the silstar in no time and got a Penn spinner and a TLD. Learned to cast and catch bait for the real rats and they taught me a thing or two. I watched all the boats coming and going through Boynton, dreaming of the day when I would be that smile.

Friends had Makos, Formulas, and Berts, but my eye kept looking at SeaCrafts. They just seemed to float. I knew nothing of VDH. The Paramount also floated, but the lines of the SC were just right, and they didn`t porpoise as much.

I wanted a Potter, but they were either restored and big money or needed everything. I found my Slacker on ebay, but it was down in Kendal. I went. I went again. I then brought a check.

I knew about SeaCraft, but here is where I really learned of the the magic.

Pier rats forever,
GFS

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When i was a kid probably 4 or 5 my dad and I used to tool around Key Largo in this little 16 foot green aluminum boat. We always seemed to have one problem or another with it, and one day we got stuck out in the bay. At some point during the tow in he told me Ryan were gonna stop messing around and get ourselves a real boat. I didnt think too much of that untill the day she showed up in Key Largo. A white 73 cc with a 150 merc of probably the same year. He took it to HI lift Marina up in Aventura and mounted a brand new 83 Johnson 185 vro on her. Ill never forget Dad telling me how this new motor was gonna have her running like a Raped ape, and she did. We did everything on that seacraft, fishing snorkeling, chasing down guys poaching our lobster pots, and just having tons of fun.

A few years later me and my buddies were all really into boats, we could walk the docks and talk about em for hours and the seacrafts were always my favorites for the sleek lines and the envious looks of the people in whalers, aquasports and makos. The first time I got to take her out by myself I was sure I was the coolest kid in the world. I always knew there was something special about those seacrafts but i really didnt know why untill later on, and this site and the faithful, of course are a big part of that.

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Coincidentally, in 1995 or 96, my brother and I decided we needed boats when living on an island. Only previous experience was sharing a 1968 BW 13 on the Jersey Shore as kids.

Started trying to get educated, and looking for center consoles, everyone said SeaCraft. Neither of us had heard of one. While on a trip to the Keys, my brother purchased a 1987 SC 18, older Johnson 150, locally. Had not even had a ride in it before cruising to Fla. to find a 20. First one was crap, so I decided to head west to visit my mom. Stopped and picked up a Boat Trader at a gas station. I was still upset/disappointed about the one near Daytona, when my girlfriend gets near the rear of the mag and says, "Here's a 20 with a 200 Merc. in Sarasota!". Called, straight to the house, seller seemed straight, and fell in love with my MA, which I had never heard of. Gave him a deposit, and headed to New Port Richie. A week later, me and the girl jump back in my 1987 Toyota Xtra Cab (150k on the clock), river test it (flawless), pick it up, and head straight back to New Port Richie. Mom says, "I've never seen a smile like that!". Towed her back to Hilton Head, pack the cooler, take my Dad, and friends, all visiting from Jersey, and LAUNCH!!! 30 minutes later she blows, only to find a brand new head gasket. $#!%!!!

Been a sickness ever since...Vezo, Part II.

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OK i'll bite...

I liked seacrafts before I even knew what they were. growing up on the water in ME, there was an i/o 23' center console that was bright red/white boot top/ black bottom that used to go back and forth across the bay and it was FAST. It was called Kudu and it got sold to another guy in the harbor when the original owner moved up to a 26' twin OB. the new owner had the exhaust done and kept it around for another 5 years or so.

Around this time a 23' seacraft walkaround showed up in the harbor with a single 225 OB. I didn't think the walkaround looked great, but when they were side by side on the dock, they were identical hulls and I figured out that the boat I thought was the coolest in the harbor was a Seacraft.

I'm happy to finally be a part of the family with my own now.

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Had been fishing and boating (mostly sail)since being a kid. MID 70's picked up small center console for fishing. Saw a yellow 20SF at a local outboard shop and was hooked. Not long after that I saw 20' Seafari w/twin Johnson 70 hp hanging off the back. I remember to this day. The name on the side was Maverick. Another new desire. Saw the old ads for the Master Angler. Hadta have one. Did research. Climbed in them at boat shows. Met Bill Potter at a show and I salivated all over his bright red 23' CC with molded Seamark T-Top and Volvo DuoProp with jackshaft. I can't remember if was gas or diesel. No Bones was also leaving his DNA on Potters boat. I knew someday I would have one. Missed out on a couple and passed on couple before I found my MA.

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Once bitten, no antidote! Don't you love it!

Keep'm comin! This is getting fun. Especially the ones with some detail and emotional aspects.

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I've been boating for most of my 67 years, probably since age 4 or 5. Grew up in landlocked Ky. but my dad always had a boat, which we used to keep on the Ky. river at Boonesboro. Was a 30 mile drive over crooked back roads to get to the river. He was a large animal veterinarian and said it was the only way he could get away from the phone, since he was 1 only of 2 vets in the entire county (Good thing they didn't have cell phones back then)! The farmers all worked 7 day's/wk and figured everyone else did too! First boat I remember was an old scow with engine from a Star automobile (which I'd never heard of) in the bow under front deck! Next boat was a war-surplus 18' Correct Craft built for the USCG in 1941, with a Gray marine flathead 6. Had a wood hardtop which was eventually removed and replaced with a conventional runabout windshield. Spent many good times in that old boat. Next boat was a plywood 19' Glen Martin with a cabin under front deck and a 35 hp Fageol (Crosley engine) V-drive using a bunch of V-belts. Although grossly underpowered, it worked ok unless there was water in the bilge. When you opened throttle, water would run to back and hit the V-belts which then started to slip and you'd drop off plane! My dad died when I was 15 and we gave this boat to his best friend who had been partners with him on the Correct Craft. He repowered it with a 1958 50 hp Johnson V-4 and it ran much better with that, although it really sucked up the gas. When I finished school and moved to Fla. he gave it back to me. He had stored it with a tarp over it but it had rainwater in the bilge and was full of rot. It was subsequently stolen from a dry storage marina, but whoever took it did me a favor because the hull was trashed. I bought a used 18' Orlando Clipper cabin boat with 100 hp Evinrude. Was similar to the old Glaspar Seafair with a fairly large cabin. Was a good family boat but with a modified flat-bottom it rode terrible in any kind of chop and was only suitable for the ICW.

I first learned of SeaCraft from several guys I worked with at Pratt who were running Moesly SeaCraft's in the mid-late 60's . . . a couple of 21's, a 27' SeaMaster with a 454 Mercruiser, and a couple of 19' Bowriders with outboards. All were used exclusively for diving and Bahama trips. The guys with the 21's were particularly gung-ho about them! One of them used to hang out a lot at Brown & Haputner, the local SeaCraft dealer, and told me about a 21 he saw there one time that had a mount in front hatch area for a 50 cal machine gun! It was evidently one of the boats used to run agents in and out of Cuba! I had a subscription to Boating magazine when the article on the Seafari 20 came out, and I was hooked then and there!

I found my Seafari at Brown & Haputner in 1975 with no engine. It had been kept in a covered rack storage place since new, so was in good shape except for bottom paint and some minor scrapes and spider cracks along the gunnel from dock walloping. Turns out it had belonged to the father of one of my friends with a Moesly 21! Mark Hauptner used to do a lot of racing and had a Seafari with a 150 Merc on it that would run about 50 mph! Asked them why no motor and Frank Brown said it came in with a Johnson on it, and all their customers wanted Mercs, so they had sold the motor separately. Frank, who was a great mechanic that used to crew for Carl Moesly on his race boats, tried really hard to sell me a 115 Merc! However the Mercs at that time didn't hold up well in salt water, while it was common to see 20 year old OMC's still going strong. I put a new 115 Evinrude on it, which was still running strong when I sold it 31 years later. Except for the bracket and closed in transom, the boat is pretty much original and as solid as the day I bought it, despite my being young and stupid and beating the hell out of it when I first bought it! Made half dozen trips to the Abaco's and many diving, fishing and cruising trips around Florida. The Seafari is an amazingly versatile boat and I've done just about everything with it! When Don Herman filled in the transom, he said it was the driest transom he had ever seen in a boat that old. Frank Brown had recommended that, before installing the motor, I do as they did to all the new SeaCraft's they sold, i.e., remove the trim around the engine cut-out, chisel out all the brittle "Potter putty" between the cap and transom, and caulk it with Life Calk. That polyester putty used to crack and let water into the transom, which I think is the main reason you often see rotted transoms in these old boats! I also inspected and sealed the live well inlet/outlet area with epoxy, as that feature is also a potential transom killer. Denny

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K Wow, I am a newbie to seacrafts I guess.... first one I had ever heard of was when john123 posted his newly restored tsunami on great lakes angler. I showed it to dad and told him this is our next boat.... we had a nothing boat together but registered to him. Last spring he died and the boat was lost because of a wicked ex step mother. Fishing season was coming and I had no boat. (I did have a whole garage full of rigging though ;) ) looked at a lot of different boats before I gave up looking and figured I would boat whore for the summer. Thea day after I gave up a buddy called me and said he saw a sceptre on boat trader. I went and looked and sure enough there it was. And only 15 hours away as opposed to 24-30 like most of the others, and it was a fresh water boat since new in Michigan. Called the guy the next morning early. Talked to him for a while and told him I would take it if he could wait 4 days so I could get a co-driver. He said no problem and turned down several offeres for more money in the mean time.
It was his baby, he bought it new at the Detroit boat show and drove to Fla to pick it up. After talking to him we realized that he was the same age (39) when he bought it. I reassured him it was going nowhere soon.

:) :rolleyes:

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my cuz ken..aka no-bones got me hook-line and sinker on seacraft,picked up a 20ft sc project boat for me, i guess its his way of saying come down to fla more...and retire the sea chaser..

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I started studying boats after my Mako sank last year. I had always heard about Seacraft boats and how they rode, etc. Then I started to look around at all the small boat comm guys, small boat charter guys and the guys who 'knew boats'. I knew what I had to find.

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When I was growing up we had a yellow 79 20' SF that my dad bought new. It had a 78 Evinrude 140 on the back until '96 or so when dad put a new 175 'Rude on the back. I remember that thing hauled butt with the new motor! (probably 44-45 WOT but it cruised really well in chop with the 6 cyl engine) Dad sold the boat to somebody from the Miami/Ft Lauderdale area in 04. That's how I learned about and got hooked on SC's. I guess I didn't really have a chance to be happy with anything else after growing up with the SC ride. :)

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I used to commercial fish for fluke, scup and seabass while in college (summers) in a 14ft skiff back in 95 - 98. One day while unloading my scup (caught inshore in a secret protected area) 3 old guys (in their 70's) pulled up to the fish buyer in a 23 yellow tsunami with several 128 quart coolers full of Jumbo Big Blue Sea scup all iced down. I asked where they were fishing. They told me they came from Nomans (20+ mile run). Wind was blowing 20 - 25knots SW . . . I asked how the hell they got out there in this weather . . . They told me the boat could handle anything. I remember look at the boat and admiring the high gunnels, HUGE cockpit, and sharp V. The boat just looked mean . . . like it could eat up the ocean.

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Didn't know anything about them. Family got one when I was in college and fell in love with the ride. Wish Mosely had made a flats skiff too! I'll settle for an 18 if I can find one.

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Bought a 20 seafari way way way back, loved the ride even with a old 1972 135 rude on the back. She was a sweet boat but I wanted something different, so 4 or 5 Seacrafts later.... Now I wouldnt mind going back down to a 20 Seafari ob again.

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Sounds like a good plan!

One of the great things about this line of boats is that you can move up and down the spectrum without loosing the essential sea keeping abilities!

Re: How did you come to learn about SeaCrafts?
 

I have owned at least 6 Seacrafts. I currently have the CC Wavelength that I have upgraded as the previous owner did. It is a great boat. Since my son is now going concentrating on baseball and I am operating the boat by myself I am thinking about downsizing to a 18 or 20. I need a boat I can operate by my self. The 23 I have is a great boat if anyone is interested. I will pay a $25 fee if I need to move this to the for sale section.
This is not a project boat nor do I want a project boat.

Well, I'm a newbie and also Pre-Seacraft,
It all started when my brother and I found an old leaky canoe in a neighborhood dump in the late 70s/early 80s. Oh, to be a kid again with the whole summer ahead of you and the greatest joys on earth revolving around a creek and a leaking canoe!
My next boat was a 12' aluminum rowboat that, incidentally, also leaked. I saw it advertised in the local paper for $100 and couldn't resist... I soon got rid of it. Next I got a small utility boat with a 5 hp. merc. The crazy thing wouldn't plane but plowed through the water like a bathtub. After a near death experience involving a flooded river in January I gladly unloaded the POS on an unsuspecting co-worker. (lesson learned)
After this my attention began to shift from the local creeks and rivers to the wide open expanses of the Chesapeake Bay, and I began my years long search for the "Perfect Bay Boat". I went to boat shows, talked to friends who had boats and spent countless hours reading anything I could about boats. Somehow through all the online chatter of "Mako vs Boston Whaler", "flats vs blue water", "bay chop vs off shore" "modified V vs deep V" "striper vs tuna" a name kept surfacing... SEACRAFT... What was a Seacraft?? Through my searching of Seacraft I stumbled upon this wonderful site and after months of lurking decided that my next boat will be an 18' or an sf20 classic Seacraft! So, I will continue to save my mullah and admire your transformed classics and hopefully, someday, I too can be a happy owner of a wonderful classic Seacraft!

well i been on the water my hole life and when i was 18 went out a got a 18ft cc Answer had it for 2 week and cracked the hell out of the transoms, took the motor off 2001 yammi 115 2smoke trade it to a guy with a 1972 20seafari with a 175 johnson 1986. with me being so young i beat the hell out of the boat and it never let me down. now i got a 23 savage im building and i must say i love classic seacraft more than anything. i will never own another boat ever. these boat kick ass and where built right. i have read everything about these boat and im more then hooked.