New member iso 1st Sea Craft

[Islandtrader]

If you check the Miami and Ft. Myers Craigs list you will see that there are 2 CC inboards for sale.

[MasterBaiter]

Good decision on a Sea Craft. As far as choices; I guess it depends on what you want it to do - AND who you ask. I chose the inboard for fuel economy, ease of maintainence, cheaper to re-power etc.

Last fall there were 2 for sale, a diesel in Maryland and a gas in Florida. I can look to see if they are still for sale if you are interested. If you are looking for a project - there was that one on Ebay from Tx.....

[MasterBaiter]

The boat in Florida is sold and can't find the info on the diesel - sorry.

One of the boats from Craig's list has a bad engine - if the hull is decent, repowering it is straight forward and not expensive.

Good hunting.

[thunder]

I saw a 25' in palm beach with a 454 straight drive, that sounds right on the spot for me. It's just too far away for me to get to at the moment. I perused the brochures mentioned above and did not see a 25' CC built in that time frame. I wondered if it was a sceptre conversion.

There is one in Newport, NC that looks real good, it's a "POTTER" 23' CC with twin 120hp rudes (1990 model engines I think) one running and one not with a standard notched transom and a nice trailer but at $10K it's a bit pricey with one bad motor and the other unknown. Both in bad need of paint. I plan to go see it though if still available the next time I go to MHC.

[thunder]

WHAT'S THE GENERAL CONSENSUS on the best power configuration and horsepower between outboard, I/O and inboard. Was a jackshaft ever available? I have seen the outboard 23' models range from twin 120hp on up to the big singles. The inboard 23' models range from small diesels to big block 454ci. And the I/O's from ?? to 350ci. The transom open or closed with a bracket.

Personaly I think the straight drive with big block or the closed transom with twin small to medium sized outboards would be my top choices. However I don't want to be under powered. So how much HP is required for a 23 footer in the single and/or twin outboard configuration. I know a 350ci to a 502ci would do well in a straight drive or I/O setup but is there enough room for the big blocks? I am looking for my first Seacraft so I want to shop in the right direction.

[stumpie2]

there was not a 25 ft cc that i know of that was a " potter built".... the 25 seafari's are sceptre's with bigger cabins.. pretty rare... the only 23 inboard that ive seen is craig miles' in va. beach (nice boat)... i have a 25 seafari if you would like to take a look at it... there is also a 23 cc with twin 165hp mercruisers in va. beach

[Fr. Frank]

... the 25 seafari's are sceptre's with bigger cabins.. pretty rare.

25' Seafari's are indeed very rare. But they are certainly not like a 23' Sceptre.

They are larger versions of the 20' Seafari, which was introduced in the 1960's. Check out the factory documentation elsewhere on this site.