Re: SeaCraft --Key Largo-Palm Beach Copies
The 18, 21, 23, and 26 Sailfish are all copies. The 18 Sailfish was originally made from original Seacraft molds in the late 80's, but used plywood in the stringers.
The Key West 18 and 20, Palm Beach 21, Islander 21 and 23 are all Seacraft hull copies. I think the first 3 or 4 Contender 25 center consoles hulls back in '85 or '86 were VDH, as well. I read somewhere that more than 12 different builders were now using the VDH design, for boats from 17' to 65' in length.
Contender then changed the hull design while still in their 1st year of production to a hull similar to the mid 70's Formula 233 / Regal 24 hull.
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