New Member, Old Boat, Unsure of Year.

[Sparehead]

Thanks for the replies. I’ll add some pictures when I’m home later. I suppose this would be the place where a jewel in the rough can be appreciated. The Mrs. and mom-in-law were recently giving me crap for building a bracket to hold the stern that was “nicer than the boat” (their words).

So it sounds like I’m looking at a 72 at the latest. Whoops, I meant to write port side not starboard side regarding the capacity sticker. It’s located in exactly the same spot as Bushwacker’s, just aft of the cabin bulkhead. By the way, pictures of your nicely restored Seafari and many others on this site were instrumental in leading me to find my own Seacraft. The red boat is new to me but she’s a beauty too. Before I even looked at the boat I knew it couldn’t be an ’86 from reading the material on this site and the Moesly site.

I’ve already read a good deal of Mr. Pascoe’s material while scouring the web for information. I’m not yet set on deck material(s) and that’ll be a way off, but I’m pretty sure I’d like to use Coosa board for the transom, which should happen much sooner. I do still occasionally waffle on whether to use a bracket or keep it simple and just build a well around a motor hung on the transom.

It’s funny you mention that little bulkhead between the stringers in the cabin. As I recall from when I looked over the boat that was repaired once, poorly. If my memory is right it's currently a piece of plywood tabbed in with a single layer of woven roving. My plan is to remove the cap and deck and rebuild from the bottom up so in the grand scheme that will get sorted out. The stringers themselves looked undamaged throughout.