Thinking about buying a 1973 Seafari?

[Fr. Frank]

Seaman, welcome to the CSC gang. Just a short note before I head off to church. I have owned (no kidding) more than 30 different boats over the past 40 years, including just about all the top names, and have raced, sold, and fixed boats, as well as managing marinas and boat dealerships. I have been in the bilge, or closely examined the construction of many, many boats.

There are a great many good, solid boats out there. Nothing, NOTHING compares to a SeaCraft.

I have owned several different SeaCrafts over the years, in 20 and 23 foot iterations. I believe the best all-around boat ever built is the Seafari.

The Force/Chrysler 4 cylinder motor is a good, dependable motor, which requires methodical, simple maintenance. The first motor on my current Seafari was a Chrysler. I'll post my thoughts on it later.

let us know where you are. There are lots of us who would be glad to help you take part in our very sane passion

[Briguy]

I don't know why someone would dump money into rebuilding a force outboard. Force hasn't made ob's in quite a long time and had a pretty bad reputation when it comes to reliability. Don't consider the motor in your offer. The biggest areas to look out for other than those mentioned are electronics, wiring, patches under the hull you cannot see, fuel tanks, poorly engineered repairs and trailer condition.

There are pleanty of bare hulls with recent paint in the 3-5k range. A used 150 would run 2-4k installed. Just figure your maximum money you want to dump into the boat in the next 3 years. Then add 50%. If you can afford that amount, work backwards and make your offer.

DON'T BE IN A RUSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!

[cSickNick]

I have owned several different SeaCrafts over the years, in 20 and 23 foot iterations. I believe the best all-around boat ever built is the Seafari.

But why? Please give some examples to help Seaman "Seal the Deal" and for us to "Toot or Horn" !

- Nick