History of Seacraft builders

[gofastsandman]

Originally Posted by cdavisdb

Something I'm curious about, where there some years when Tracker built much worse boats than other years? On a couple of occasions, I've seen "SeaCraft" logos on hulls that looked like Seacraft hulls, but the build quality, even to a quick and casual inspection, was just awful, down right embarrassing. I'd be scared to go offshore in such a thing. Other pics I've seen of Trackers at least looked pretty good and I'm sure I've seen a bunch of Trackers in the flesh that looked just fine. Why the huge difference?

I have seen the same things. All of the early slackers I`ve seen have been good in the glass work, not the rigging. I saw some at shows in the early- mid 2000s that had livewells that didn`t meet the bottom of the deck. I don`t have any real timeline for later years.

If any owners would like to add to the conversation, please do. I know many of you have asked questions here before and gotten little response. We just don`t know much about them, and as a group we don`t like to blow smoke up anyones skirt. Many of us are curious, and would like nothing more than to see the brand come back proudly.

I think a lot of issues start with the care and happiness of the builders. Skilled caring glass folks build a better product. They also didn`t have someone like Carl drilling holes in new hulls and checking his babies.

When Rybovich was bought by huizenga, he hired a PR schill to inform most of their skilled workers to check a sheet by the office . No name , no job. He really wants to create a world class marina with minimun wage workers...

Cheers,
GFS