I haven't had one but looked at several of them before I found my Seafari. I think I passed because the transom and gunsnel were very low. I thought they were a very nice boat, nice dry ride and very classic seafaring lines. I checked out 212, 213, and 215 models which were dual console, cuddy, and walkaround. Got a lot of 21' Chris Craft Scorpion boat porn somewhere on this computer.
Not a lot of them out west so prices were kind of high 5-6K w/20 year old power and 10 to 12K for mid '90s power. Check out the feedback I got on
http://www.thehulltruth.com/forums/t...ts=16#M1497904
From what I remember, I think Murray, the bicycle & lawnmower guy bought C*C in 1980 and brought the Scorpions to life. The early ones were pretty good. And then skyrocketing cost of glass caught up to him and drained his pocketbook and C*C was going under financially. '85 or 86 were considered probably the last of the solid hulls by that time they were renamed Seahawk, and shortly thereafter maybe '88 OMC bought the group and I think several hull failures led to deaths and lawsuits. From what I understand this occurred on walkaround or cc. Water would come in, flow astern and the weight would cause suspicion of a motor failure, everyone would move to the transome, water would follow and suddenly boat is flooded from stern and goes down. Keep in mind those boats were designed for an era when 330 lbs 2 strokes were the norm but they were rated for 225-230hp... very fishable, fast, sweet looking boat. Good luck.
