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Originally Posted by bgreene
I think I'm in love ! If this pic is of the Mosely 21 - to me it's a great looking boat - bow proud, roomy, old style set up for serious salt water fishing, trolling etc. Must be extremely hard to find one now.......
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The Moesly 21 in that picture is the "Unohu" that my friend Bob bought at the Miami Boat Show. I've followed him for a couple thousand miles all over the Bahamas, often only a couple of boat lengths off his transom so that deep hull could knock down the seas for my smaller Seafari. Some folks thought it looked sort of ugly with that big high bow, but one ride in it would quickly change their minds!
The weight would be somewhat less than the Sceptre, but probably not more than a couple of hundred pounds. There was a LOT of glass in those boats! You're right, they were pretty scarce, even when new. It is undoubtedly the worlds BIGGEST 21 footer! The first pic below shows the Unohu rafted up at Grand Bahama next to a Formula 233 and my Seafari 20. I helped tow Skip & Carla's ex-race boat down to Key Largo, and it actually towed pretty easily with my 4200 lb V-8 Dakota, but we didn't take the turnpike since the trailer had no brakes. After looking at the last picture below, Carla said I need a bigger truck! The perspective exaggerates the size, but makes for an interesting picture. (That Seafari 20 cap inside the 21 gives you a better idea of it's size!)