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Old 11-25-2010, 12:33 PM
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I think Potter raised the decks about the same time he switched from the original Moesly 4-stringer design to the 2 wide stringers around '73-74, at least on the Seafari's. I personally believe the 2-stringer design is not as stiff as the original design, but no one has ever reported any problems with it that I'm aware of. I suspect it was a cost reduction because it happened about the time of the first Arab oil embargo, which caused a big spike in the price of gas and resin. I had been looking at the Seafari every year at the Miami boat show back then, and I remember the price of a bare hull jumping 25%, from $4000 to $5000, in just one year, supposedly due to increased cost of resin!
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