Vintage Seacraft 21' -- 1963

mumble · #1 12-03-2007, 05:18 PM

Y'all are talkin' about me behind my back

Yup, my boat was in the Boat Trader. It's one of the early ones. The hull is sound, and re-gelcoated but it needs someone to love it, meaningfully. Needs new deck and transom work. It has frozen cables (yeah, in Florida). Trailer is a storage shelf only. I have no idea what the boat is worth. Any suggestions?

The boat is available to see. I am in St. Augustine, Florida. 904-824-8696. Pictures coming soon, I think.

askipper3 · #2 12-03-2007, 05:19 PM

wow, I really wanna see the pics!!!!!!!!!!

mumble · #3 12-03-2007, 05:30 PM

Not sure yet how to post picts on this web site, yet, but if you send me an email I'll attach all of them for you. We are at tred47@earthlink.net, and reise56@earthlink.net.

3rdday · #4 12-03-2007, 05:54 PM

I was out there this weekend looking at the boat. The owner is a very nice woman. here are some pics. Its the blue and white one.

http://s233.photobucket.com/albums/ee58/bscapo1/

65Bowrider · #5 12-04-2007, 07:27 AM

Seabee,

You've definitely got a classic old boat!
Figuring out the value is always the tough part... and there's always two values in mind ... the sellers value ... and then what someone is willing to pay. When the two numbers come together, is when you'll have your sale.

When a boat is up for sale for a long time and not sold, then it's often because of the price/condition do not match. From viewing the pictures, my guesstimate is that this boat needs a lot of restoring, which is big bucks.

As an owner of a 1962 21' I know how much work is involved & we are beginning her restoration this month.
Whom ever you sell her to, I just hope they have plans of giving her the TLC and restoration she needs.

Good luck with your sale.

3rdday · #6 12-04-2007, 12:10 PM

Indeed it is a classic. It is also a beautiful boat, I am partial to the blue and white, those are the same colors of my current boat. It will be a long and laborious labor of love for someone. I imagine the person doing the restoring will have imense anticipation, day dreaming the whole time how great it will be when finished. I wonder if the boat ever had a name/s? I wonder what what good times were had on her, what some of her adventures were (we all know there's always some sort of adventure, intentional or not, mostly the latter!), what fish she raised? I would love to take on this project, if I did, I would end up owning it a lifetime, and end up passing it on only to someone who appreciated it as much as I would. I would expect If you are going to do or have the work done you might as well make sure it is done in a way that it wouldn't have to be done again. They buyer of this boat, I am confident, will be some one who is specifically seeking out this very hull style.

GradySailfish · #7 12-04-2007, 12:54 PM

In the past few months I think I've developed an addition to these particular rare boats. If I could I would buy that SC and restore her, but I'm still working on my Master Angler.

Like 3rday stated, that boat is a special craft, she's rare and deserving of a good home and proper restoration. Anybody who buys this rig will be looking just for this boat.

76Red18 · #8 12-04-2007, 01:03 PM

Looking at your pictures, the 1st pic in the 2nd row shows a bow shot. It appears to have a very narrow beam. I know the beams on these early ones are narrower(for good reasons I might add; cuts like a warm knife through melted butter) then the later ones. Is this picture resized? Trailer looks narrow also.

3rdday · #9 12-04-2007, 01:14 PM

Like a warm knife thru butter exactly , if you don't mind me adding; with the speed of a samurai.
Yes, what a great eye you have, that pic was taken with the camera verticaly. when I loaded the pics I rotated this pic. 90 degrees to horizontal. I had that same thought, it didn't change it much, as I was concious of that and looked at it both ways. The trailer is narower than the average. You have such a expert eye for detail, and imense knowledge on this boat! Wow!

76Red18 · #10 12-04-2007, 01:32 PM

Thanks for the compliments and thanks for the pictures but I'm very far from being an expert. My info is gathered from the real experts on this site. I build houses and I have an eye for architectural detail and it just looked a little out of proportion. I have an 18, would love a 23, but that 21 is really a masterpiece. If work was as steady as it was 2 or 3 years ago, it would be mine regardless.