Re: 1985 Sea Craft CC
Hey, Joel, welcome to classicseacraft. I was following your Aquasport 222 rebuild on Bateau2. Nice work.
You can't go wrong with a Seacraft 23 hull. At the level of restoration you're planning, I don't think it matters whether you start with an '85 hull or a Potter. The Repairs/Mods forum is full of rebuilds of these boats. The internal structure of the '85 will not differ substantially from the Potter era boats. If you check out some of the posts here, you'll have a good idea what to expect when you open up the '85.
Unless money is no object or you really want to shed weight, you will probably want to re-use the box stringers even if you trash the liner. There's no wood in the box stringers, but they are full of flotation foam you'll probably want to replace. The Potters had a wood cored keel stringer, I don't recall if the post Potter hulls do, though.
If you go ahead with the project, please post here in Repairs/Mods, or at least post a link to your thread on Bateau2.
Dave
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