Fathers Day Gift - Seafari 20

[jtharmo]

So I'm new to Seacrafts and boats with motors in general. I originally was speaking with Bigeasy about his '69 Seafari listed in the For Sale forum. But my wife wasn't letting me bring home a project. Super guy if anyone is interested.

I found this one in the Mass area (they only seem to exist in Massachusetts and Florida). It's a '78 with what seems to be a good running '78 Merc Black Max 1750. In general the hull is in very good condition and I would call it a running project, mostly just cleaning and updating. The only issue I found was a soft floor in the step down to the cuddy. I will tackle that in the fall.

I do have one question and one observation. First the question. What is this? I opened the engine cover and this dropped out. I didn't see anything obvious out of place or missing. Manual is on the way but I can't find this peice online



Also, I was surprised to find it has a 25" transom. I can find the faint line where the splash well was built up, yes, exactly 5" down. The previous owner was insistent it's all original. I'm reasonably certain Potter SeaCrafts never had 25" transoms. Does anyone know of any dealers that may have raised transoms by request or any other reason?