Vintage Potter Built 23' Straight Inboard Diesel

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[QUOTE=Don Ferguson;209174]. . . It was not the fast boat that won the Miami Bahamas races for seven years and Bill was into fast back then 1973-4) . . . /QUOTE]

Hi Don,

I've never heard of either Potter or the 23's being involved in any racing, but it would be interesting to hear more about that if it's true! Before Potter took over the company, Carl Moesly ran his old stock outboard-powered SeaCraft 21's in many Bahamas races during the early-mid 60's, dominating the outboard class and beating many larger inboard boats in the process. The rules changed later to allow 3 outboards, so he built some longer custom racing boats for those classes that also did very well. Also never heard of any SeaCraft inboards being raced, although most of the 21's I've seen were originally I/O's, so maybe some race versions of those were also built. Denny