[Fr. Frank]

Notice there is a major difference in the number of lifting surfaces and vertical chines on the Answer Marine boat. It has only two lifting/planing surfaces per hull side, compared to the Seacraft's three.

The Answer 21 cuddy is not a copy of the SeaCraft Seafari 20', but rather the reintroduction of the Continental/Barcone 21' cuddy.

Answer bought the molds for the Continental/Barcone 21 cuddy cabin (actually 20'6"), whose hull cap was, in fact, a pop-off of the Seafari 20' (19'8")that had the required 3 major alterations to avoid patent infringment: cabin access hatch, dashboard and helm station, and aft bulkheads for the cabin. They used the same hull molds to make the Answer 21 center console which was used by so many law enforcement agencies in the SE United States from about '84 to '90 or so. They tried shortening the 21' to a 17' center console for Florida Game and Fish Commission (now called Fish & Wildlife Commission), but excessive hull rocker made it porpoise easily without perfect trim.

Interestingly enough, Answer Marine is the company that bought out SeaBird back in the mid-70's. As I recall, they went out of business in the mid 90's after losing their very lucrative boat contract with the state of Florida to Mako Marine in '89 or '90.