You're not the first to ask about converting a Seafari to a CC. It's come up before. Do a search and I think you'll find that the virtually unanimous answer from experienced guys was that even if the hull was free, unless you're a professional boat builder, you'd be WAY ahead to just buy an old beat up CC for $1-2K and restore it. Ask Strick, Island Trader, Blue Heron or Cayman Boy what's involved in just materials to convert a Seafari to a CC, and I think they'll tell to keep looking for a CC! There was one up in Maine that just went for what, $500? Also, there's nothing wrong with the Tracker hulls, and there's a lot to be said for the 25" transom on the later hulls. I think I'd rather have a Tracker hull than some of the late Potter ones anyway. I had a neighbor that used to work for Rybovich Marina, who was a SeaCraft dealer in WPB in the mid-late 70's, and he said that before Potter went bankrupt, they were starting to see a lot of quality problems on the new boats that the dealers had to correct before they could sell them.
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