Seacrest boats?? 20' Seafari on craigs $600

bigeasy1 · #1 06-16-2015, 08:56 AM

Was there ever a boat that was a duplicate of the 20'Seafari made by a company called Seacrest??
There is one on Craigslist that looks exactly like a 20' Seafari for 600.00 bucks.It's probably ten minutes from my house.I have no interest in it,but if its a Seacraft,I may be interested for the heck of it.
The seller clearly listed it as a "Seacrest 20 foot'" could he have mistakenly misspelled it?
I can't see a clear view of the hull bottom,but in every other way it looks identical to a 20' Seafari.
It's on western ma. craigslist.

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Islandtrader · #2 06-16-2015, 11:17 AM

Go get that dog...that is a Seacraft !

flyingfrizzle · #3 06-16-2015, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by bigeasy1

There is one on Craigslist that looks exactly like a 20' Seafari for 600.00 bucks.It's probably ten minutes from my house.I have no interest in it,but if its a Seacraft,

I may be interested for the heck of it.

That's how I started, just for the heck of it cause he is basically giving it away. Next thing you know you cant mow your grass no more

kmoose · #4 06-16-2015, 12:27 PM

There is a 20 Seafari in St Augustine for $300 on a trailer with a motah on it.

Bushwacker · #5 06-16-2015, 02:35 PM

John,

Back in the 70's, the Seafari was highly thought of and had the highest resale value of anything in it's class, so there was an outfit which DID make a knock-off of it! I've forgotten the name of the company, but it was NOT Seacrest! May have been something like Continental, but Fr. Frank would probably remember it. I believe the shape of the cabin windows was slightly different and I don't think it had an opening windshield, and of course the bottom was just a conventional modified V, so there was nothing special about it and it was nowhere near SeaCraft quality. But from 100 yds away, it was a dead ringer for a Seafari! If IS a SeaCraft, it's one of only 741 made of that model, so it's rarer than the 23 Sceptre/Tsunami and worth saving IMHO! Denny

flyingfrizzle · #6 06-17-2015, 07:31 AM

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John,

Back in the 70's, the Seafari was highly thought of and had the highest resale value of anything in it's class, so there was an outfit which DID make a knock-off of it! I've forgotten the name of the company,

Answer Marine, a long defunct FL company also used Seacraft splashed molds to build a seacraft knock off . Here are a few pics of one:

Continental built some hulls similar looking to a seacraft. I actually owned one and have some pics of it somewhere, they did not have the vdr like an seacraft. At least the one I had didn't. The one I had was a cc that looked more like the master angler with a raised cap. Still a good riding well built boat. I sold mine to a guy 20 minutes away after buying my first seacraft.

Answer marine seafari copy:

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bigeasy1 · #7 06-17-2015, 08:02 AM

Well I have to thank all of you who answered my questions.
This site is chock full of such a great bunch of people,with a whole lot of knowledge.I'm not sure I could have done the resto on my Tsunami as quickly as I did without the help of the members on this site.

I'm hoping to at least be in Florida for the winters,and have been looking at a few places.I have some contractors doing some work on my home so I can get it on the market,but they are going very slow.
I need this to happen as quick as possible in order to finance the the planned winter stays in Florida,and the summers in NY.

Denny thanks for that checklist,it helps greatly as I know I'll either forget to ask some questions,or check out some important areas.

Glad to see that this hull will do ok in skinny water.

If all goes well I'll try and take some pictures,and will post them up.

Bushwacker · #8 06-17-2015, 10:37 AM

Frizz - those are definitely the different cabin windows I remember. The slant on both ends of windows is reversed and it doesn't look like that windshield opens either. I also remember seeing some Answer Marine boats but didn't realize they also made a Seafari knock off.

bigeasy1 · #9 06-16-2015, 03:09 PM

I left the guy a message to his Email with my phone number.Hopefully he'll call me so I can get a look at it.

Capt Terry · #10 06-16-2015, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by bigeasy1

I left the guy a message to his Email with my phone number.Hopefully he'll call me so I can get a look at it.

Pretty sure Bushwacker is correct. I remember Continental making boats that from a distance looked like the SeaCraft 20'. Not sure if it was the Seafari model they tried to copy, but probably as I still have my Seafari ordered in 1976 and what I would have been more likely to notice.