Re: 20' seacraft history
I have had my '73 Seafari 20' with a 150 Merc out from Homosassa all the way to the Florida Middle Grounds twice. That's 78 miles one way. It took right at 3 hours to get there having left at 4:00 am. I carried 24 gallons of fuel in two portable deck tanks to go with my original 43 gallon tank. We fished for 6 hours before heading in. Last time, I had just hooked up the second portable a mile offshore on my way back.
I was sure that I would be the smallest boat out there, but when I got there there was a guy by himself in a 17' Whaler Montauk and 60 hp Yamaha 4 stroke. He said he could go out and back from Holder Florida (71 miles) on his 30 gallon underseat tank, but he carried an extra 6 gallons just to be sure.
Oh yeah. We both are SeaTow members. [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]
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Currently without a SeaCraft 
(2) Pompano 12' fishing kayaks
'73 Cobia 18' prototype "Casting Skiff", 70hp Mercury
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