Floorboy's 23 Scepter

[ChampionShip]

Since the unexpected passing of our buddy Rod (Floorboy) his boat has sit idle in his garage part of the way thru the repower he was doing. Well, the time has come for his house to possibly be listed and they really don't have much use for the boat at this time. If I were in the market I would buy and finish it, but that's not in the cards for me right now. Not sure what it's worth or approximately what it would cost to finish it but any advice is appreciated!

Here's what I know about it:

Repower was being done from Volvo Penta to Mercruiser (think it was a 350 aplha from a low hour donor boat)

He redid the transom but there is no gimbal installed at this time and the engine is on a stand- not sure if the beds have been completed but I'm sure it needs to be treated as such with aligning and such.

Top cap is removed and needs to be glassed back in and gel coated to match, same with the transom where the glass work was done.

Here's a link to his photobucket:
http://s224.photobucket.com/user/flo...033-1.jpg.html

[FLexpat]

The last time I talked with him he had either just finished rebuilding the gimbal housing or was in process. I think he might have finished the engine beds though. I seem to recall him fit checking the engine...

[bobbert]

Need invisible e-ink for this. If wifey rads this I'm in deep stuff.
Might be interested. Does it come with trailer??
E-mail bobbert66@yahoo.com
Thanks

Bobbert "The old timer"

[ChampionShip]

Originally Posted by bobbert

Need invisible e-ink for this. If wifey rads this I'm in deep stuff.
Might be interested. Does it come with trailer??
E-mail bobbert66@yahoo.com
Thanks

Bobbert "The old timer"

Comes with the trailer which was fully redone and i can tell you from seeing it in person, is gorgeous. might be without some of the fishing stuff and not sure about the kicker yet

[bigeasy1]

Spent a few years in lots of phone calls talking in depth to Rod(Aka Floorboy) when he was just beginning his search for a new boat.

He was going through some difficult times with a family member over the present boat he had with them.He knew my fanatical love of my SeaCraft,as we were both active on another site,where I bored the members with pictures of my restoration.
He needed a new boat,and after my preachingings,I like to think I was responsible for him ultimately buying a SeaCraft.

From the pictures he sent me and the conversations we had I always felt that he did nice work.He finally settled on a Seacraft after I told him there was nothing else like them in a 23' platform.
The work he did on the trailer alone was very Gucchi as verified by mr Gucchi himself(Capt Chuck.)

From what Rod told me,he bought the boat from an older gentleman who was the original owner and it had been only used in fresh water and stored inside.
If I lived within a reasonable distance of this boat I would have it at the top of my list to buy.
I remember the road trip that he and Saugeye took from Minnesota to Massachusetts to pick up another Seacraft scepter for Saugeye.Now That's! a testimony for a great boat.

I spent so much time on the phone with Rod that I felt like he was a great friend,and that I knew him forever.I was saddened when I heard of his passing.We had Salmon fishing in common and he would tell me about his forays to other states in search of Walleyes. I miss our conversations,they were always good,He had a great sense of humor.

You can see some of his work on the message board "Lets see your rig" over at www.glangler.com.

[TomParis]

Here is the thread, very interesting read indeed! The video where he showed his old transom, and it just flaked away.. was like wow.

http://www.glanglerforum.com/forum/s...to-me-Seacraft

[ChampionShip]

What should we do with it? Fix and sell or sell as a project? What's it worth?

[bigeasy1]

Originally Posted by ChampionShip

What should we do with it? Fix and sell or sell as a project? What's it worth?

Well a nice tribute to Rod would be to maybe finish it up and use it.I think he would be happy if you did
I'l give you a call over the weekend

[kho]

Can you email me, I'm interested. Thanks.

kkwho808@gmail.com

[ChampionShip]

If I had the time to finish it I wouldn't bat an eye about it, I love that boat. Problem is I have a 36 Trojan charter boat so I don't have the time to finish or even get any use out of it.

Trust me, the last thing I want to do is let this boat go but, I would love to see it continue to get enjoyed the way he enjoyed it.

PM me for my email address