Re: Potter vs. non-Potter hulls
“For me” I first thing hull design and the SeaCraft hull design hasn’t changed from the early 70’s so from that point of view they are all the same. Next comes material used in building the boats which has changed from the 70’s the newer one’s use composite materials in the lamination and the older one’s used balsa and plywood personally I thing the new stuff is better. Then comes cost cutting methods and or less materials in the building of the boat most guys say the older Potter built are better in that regard and then comes workmanship I would say that on a whole the older boats had better workmanship (when they were built) due to the standards that were kept (but those boats are now 25+ yrs old). So for me if I was going to buy a new boat I would seriously look at the SeaCraft and if I was going to buy a older boat and restore it I would definitely choose a SeaCraft it cost me about 45 cense on the $ to rebuild my 23 CC Potter hull to as good or better that buying new.
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