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Can anyone comment as to the ride of the original seamaster 27 with inboards or outdrive models, compared to the bracketed outboard conversion. Is the 27 a much better running boat than the 23 seacrafts. If I could find a buyer for my seacraft 23 Savage, this 27 would be coming home.
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I have driven the 27' SeaMaster with twin 165 hp Mercruisers, and ridden in a 27' SeaVilla with twin Yamaha 220 hp OB. The 27' SeaVilla OB boat belonged to the Royal Bahamian Defense Force, and was used for drug interdiction. It had been converted from a single sterndrive to transom-mounted outboards, and had a top speed of about 47 or so.
Both had astonishing rides, like being on a boat half-again their size. The 27' actually rides better that the 36' Express by Tiara Pursuit.
Shortly after I got to take the 27' sterndrive out fishing with the owner, it sank at the dock in my marina. It was called "Raven", and was for sale for only $500 for 10+ years before it found a home.
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Currently without a SeaCraft 
(2) Pompano 12' fishing kayaks
'73 Cobia 18' prototype "Casting Skiff", 70hp Mercury