Fiasco,
Get a new one and you own a seacraft....build one and you own a SEACRAFT....you are a member of a cult. My 23' has been 55 miles off shore, painted twice, repowered thrice, mucho custom goodies and its ALMOST done. My initial investment was 16.5k bought in Cape May, NJ and it was nice.
Now it's one fine fishing machine. People drool over it every where I go which is kinda nice. Boating folk always have some story about a seacraft that was in their marina in the 70's. It was a boat far far ahead of it's time. I also own an Acura NSX which is the auto version of my SeaCraft. A car that was built in the 90's that can still keep up with Ferrari's and Porsche's today; just like my 23
SC can keep up with the best of them in 2006. It will take you a year to find the boat you want and another year to make it like you want it but that's what life is......
Good luck with whatever you decide. It's great to see so many wonderful people helping each other in such a great site. When I die hopefully heaven will have a bunch of unrestored SeaCraft hulls which I can repower for free, sand without caughing up a lung and pleanty of ice cold 0 carb 5.5% beer.....And oh yeah a hot wife that doesn't get upset if you work on your SC late into the night.