Okay. My name is Joe and I live in St. Pete. My direct exposure to small offshore boats was somewhat limited because I had access to large boats for many years. I have had access to a couple of 17 foot Whalers, a Goldline (bait boat and light tackle charter craft for my dad's captain when he wasn't running the big boat) and a number of ski boats, but literally could count how many times that i have been offshore in anything small other than the aforementioned Montauk 17's and whatever weird little foreign built tri-hulls Fish Camp in Tavernier was using in 1971 on one hand and have fingers left over. The other smaller boats that I have been around were not offshore hulls. As a matter of fact, even at a young and not quite so foolish age (mid to late 20's), I realized that the Montauk wasn't either. LOL. My big boat days are over, so I have started looking at smaller boats. I like the look of the older boats and the fact that a number of them are better built than much of what is available today in that size range is an added bonus. The Seacraft are on that short list of ones that look most interesting. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. :-D
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