Just picked up an early model Seafari 20
 

Just went and picked up an original 20 Seafari. It’s gonna need a lot of work but not as bad as I thought. I will be needing some help and advice to get this thing water ready. As much as I like the engine box I’m leaning toward enclosing the transom and adding a bracket. It’s a Moseley era model with the chrome Seacraft emblems. The floors feel quite solid everywhere but the starboard side. Here are some pics. Let me know what you think.

More pics.

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Nice find! Good luck!

Diamond in the ruff...;)

Pretty rough, but so much potential. I dived out of a early 70's Seafari, way offshore, for years, fabulous boat. CG is important. Look up Bushwackers posts on what he had to do after adding a bracket. Its doable, but tricky.

Saw this posted on the FB page. Nice score! What year?

Pretty impressing that the pop-out windshield still functions as it's intended. I don't recall them ever being used or moved on my '77, and I'm afraid all the plastic bits are brittle as hell... It's on my to-do list however! I'm jealous!

Cant figure out the year. All I have is the serial number. They guy I got it from said 85 but I knew that was wrong. I think it is a 69. It has the double cabin doors and the bow rail has 4 posts on each side just like the brochures. I think 70 and later went to three posts then two on each side. I wish there was a way to track the serial number.

Great project - best of luck. Keep us in the loop on the refit - we don't see many Seafaris brought back from the dead!

What s/n do you have? My 1972 Seafari is #2268. There has been speculation in earlier threads that Seafari s/n’s may have started around 2000 or 2100 based on annual build volume and a few early boats with good ID plates.