Short SeaCraft OEM Video

[ocuyler]

You may have seen this, but I thought it was cool to watch. The 32' looks like fun...

SeaCraft boat runs hard

[76Red18]

Good to see a little bit of rough water in an ad. Contender has the only other rough water ads that I've seen. Thanks for the video

[JohnB]

Good to see a little bit of rough water in an ad. Contender has the only other rough water ads that I've seen. Thanks for the video

I didn't see any "green" big water in those. The kind you get when the wind kicks up to 15-20 out of the north in the gulf stream. I had a guy with me last year on one of those days where you lost the horizon in the troughs, came through at about 24 mph, dry, and no launches or crashes. He now owns a 23' SeaCraft.

Funny, you talk to people that used to own one, and they all say it's the best riding boat they ever had.

[Fr. Frank]

I agree with JohnB. I saw nothing there that I wouldn't run a Seafari on plane in. the biggest I saw was maybe 3'. Just fun stuff. Show me the boat in a storm-driven 4-7, or 5-8. THAT would impress me.

[Bigshrimpin]

Bushwacker - I totally agree. If Tracker only knew about that video . . . They could sell seacrafts 24x7x365 showing that video. It's very inspirational . . .

[Miles Offshore]

ive been trying to find that film in the 74 catalog for the last few years now with no luck........

[Snookerd]

If Tracker only knew about that video . . . They could sell seacrafts 24x7x365 showing that video. It's very inspirational . . .

We need a copy of this video!

[76Red18]

I agree with JohnB. I saw nothing there that I wouldn't run a Seafari on plane in. the biggest I saw was maybe 3'. Just fun stuff. Show me the boat in a storm-driven 4-7, or 5-8. THAT would impress me.

Fr. Frank...... I read somewhere on here that you once got caught in those conditions and it took all your skills as a Captian to get back in. Is it something you would want to go through again? Who else on this site has been in storm driven 8's, were you comfortable, would want to do it again? I've had my 18 in some 5's that were about 5' apart against an out going tide in Boca Grande Pass and I wouldn't willingly want to do it again.

[JohnB]

My boat will testify to some standing 6 footers out in the gulf stream. We call them angry elephants, and your ride on their backs. A rogue wave hit us 25 miles out, and went OVER the top. I have had a few run-ins with Sebastian inlet that resulted in water over the windshield. Been caught in several nasty nighttime storms snapper fishing before I finally got radar. You can't run them wide open, but you can make a good 15-20 mph in some serious conditions. The only bad habit mine has, is in certain following seas, coming over Canaveral Bight, when the swells in the winter start to stack up, it feels like it would like to pitch pole to the side, but it never does. I think most deep V nosed boats do that. Since I put the 4 blade prop on, with the big 250, I can power my way through most of it without breaking the prop loose. With the 3 blade, it would blow out sometimes. It will be interesting to see how it does with the bracket.

[Bushwacker]

ROUGH water is what's on the front cover on the 1974 Brochure in Literature section! [img]/forum/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] It's from a great film made by Bruce Brown in the Sea of Cortez called "A Long Way in a Small Boat"! It was about 2 SeaCraft 23 cc's, one with I/O's and one with twin Johnson V-4's, that ran the entire length of the Baja peninsula in conditions like that picture, not a whole lot different than some of the Offshore Powerboat races around Florida and the Bahamas in the 60's where Moesly raced the 21's! I saw the film playing at the SeaCraft display at the 1974 Miami Boat Show, complete with Bruce Brown's cool narration and soundtrack. Best promotional video I've ever seen! As I recall, the only problem they had was finding fuel! Very few marinas or anything else in that area back then; seems like they had to haul in fuel in 4WD trucks to meet the boats at several locations along the way!