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Originally Posted by gofastsandman
dedicated race hulls,
The first two hulls popped from the mold were the only 25`s.
One red and one yellow.
Cheers,
GFS
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Here is a quote from
Richie Powers that raced both 21 and the larger purpose built hulls.....
Quote from member X7champ (serious offshore) "I used to race them. The original seacraft co. was founded by Carl Mosely and his wife Jean. Carl used to race his boats and caught the attention of Carl Kiekhaefer of mercury who bought several boats to race his outboards against the OMC offshore factory teams. I am talking about 1964 to 1968/69. We used to buy the hulls from Moesly without decks and build them out at lake X we had custom plywood decks glassed over, most all boats had tandem cockpits, the days before the throttleman position. I had my own factory boats. First was 21' with twin 110 in line 6`s next was 25' with triple 135 hp in line 6`s. Carl also built a 29' race boat. I believe it was 1968/9 when Bill Potter came in and bought the company from Carl, with the intention of mass production. The real Seacraft was Carl Moesly, Potter actually just produced what Carl had designed and built, he was not a designer or manufacturer, just happened into the industry. I became good friends with Bill and speak with him to this day. Bottom line, the Seacraft is still a great boat and has a pedigree background, here in Fla. people still seek them out and restore them. One of my favorites was a little 15' sport boat that they built, when I was a test driver for Merc. I ran one for many hours, we used to run the Renault 60 & 80 hp mercruiser packages, Freddie Kiekhaefer had one custom built with Mercruiser 140 hp that was really fun. Most of the 15`s were a color of Burnt Orange, if you ever find one let me know, I would love to have it. Good luck with a Seacraft, you cannot go wrong."