20' MA's

[dcobbett]

I’ll begin by admitting that, unfortunately, I’ve never seen a 20’ MA in the flesh, so-to-speak, and all of my opinions and questions are based on what I’ve seen and read on this forum over the last few months. That said, I’ve spent quite a bit of time reading old posts and I remember someone implying that the 20’ Master Angler may not have been produced until about 1975-1976.

Can this (and my memory) be confirmed?
Does anyone have an idea how many 20’ MA’s were produced during the SEC and the SIC periods (roughly 1969 through 1987)? To put it another way, does anyone have any idea of the rough proportion of 20’ Fisherman to 20’ MA’s for those production time frames?

Significant differences between the 20’MA and the 20” Fisherman that I’ve noticed seem to be limited to (1), increased internal freeboard with resultant changes to the classic SeaCraft profile, (2) wider rail caps with an inbeded, horizontal grab rail, (3) carpet on the inside surface of the hull in-lieu-of a fiberglass liner, (4) a shorter raised foredeck, (4) a below deck, dry storage area/bin under the console’s forward seat, and (5), the below deck fuel tank is located closer to the transom. Are there other differences, and has anyone who has restored a 20MA come across any that are not so apparent?