24 SeaBird?

[kmoose]

Saw this for sale and almost thought I found a 25 Seafari. Not well studied on SeaBirds but she has quite the deep entry for a 24 footer of that era. Not a SeaCraft but I bet she rides good.

[fdheld34]

Ken
Nice boats...24 degree deadrise...I like that super sport model with the high cap and windows!
I looked at one with a flat cap cuddy but had rot and an old omc stringer outdrive.


They have balsa cored hulls
Go pick it up but for half of asking price!


-Fred

[cdavisdb]

I owned the same hull, different cap, for a decade, many trips to the Bahamas. Agree that the pictured model is extra nice. The cabin must be much like the Seafari. Good boat in a lot of ways, good ride, but the ride wasn't even close to my 25 or Moose's Septre. and yes, they are entirely balsa cored, makes a strong boat that is very quiet to sleep on, but water in the core finally killed mine.

[Capt Chuck]

Check with CSC member "scottm" he owned a Seabird and knows the straight skinny on the hull & construction

[ScottM]

I had a '72 CC that was converted to an OB. The guy I bought it from brought it up to the Cape from Florida. Had a 225 Johnson looper (the cover is from a 200) and ran great with that power - 25-27 knot cruise and 35 knot top end. I sold it back in '08 and word is she went down to the Florida panhandle. The hull is balsa cored as are the decks and cap, so water intrusion is a big issue. She'll roll a little more than a SC 23 due to the 24-degree deadrise, but she'll eat up the chop with the bow down. One of the sexiest boats I've seen in the CC configuration. She always turned heads wherever I went and she wasn't even close to perfect. With a total resto it would have been a pretty bad ass boat.

The liner on all configurations was the same...Seabird merely dropped a different cap on top to change the model. If you unbolted the cabin top off the one kmoose posted, you'd have the makings of a CC in no time.

[cdavisdb]

Totally agree about the looks. That is about the prettiest, sexist boat I know of. Looking at it always gave me a little thrill. I'm not sure she would roll more than a 23 SC. The center of gravity of the 1/0 model is low. Mine was extremely stable for a 24 degree deadrise hull.

[hiliner222]

Its in the catagory as a bertram and formulas with a 24* deadrise. Those are a few that were of the Ray Hunt design. Great head on rough sea boat.

[hiliner222]

Its in the catagory as a bertram and formulas with a 24* deadrise. Those are a few that were of the Ray Hunt design. Great head on rough sea boat. As is the Hiliners.

[cdavisdb]

Respectfully quibble on the head sea ride. The Seabird's is good, but not in the same class as a Bertram or a 23 Formula. I've owned the Bert 25, a Seabird 24 and a Seacraft Seafari 25, and spent a lot of time in other diver's 23 Formulas. The Bert is hard to compare, 24 degree deadrise, but a much bigger heavier boat. The head sea ride of a Formula 23 or Seafari 25 is much much better than the Seabird.

[FAS]

good lookin boat, kinda a cross of an early donzi cc bow ,maybe a wellcraft...and a sea craft aft end ,those 22 Hilners also had a great hull to ride on.Love the Classics..