Seafari 20

[Fr. Frank]

if the rest of the boat is halfway decent that's an excellent price. A reman'd long-block is under $1K.

[rampeyboy]

OK, back from looking at the boat. My feelings on this boat is if a person wants a project/restoration boat, it is OK. For me though, it's probably more than I want to take on (too many other projects).
My evaluation:
engine should be considered a core. It might be OK, but has been sitting for an undetermined amount of time with the plugs out and carb is off (and now unaccounted for).

outdrive condition is unknown. The throttle moves from about the 3 oclock position to the 12 oclock position and no farther. Could be by design or maybe something is stuck??

The hull is decent looking with minor scrapes here and there. There is one spot of damage on the rear upper part of the boat as if someone ran into it or docked it hard. Not a show stopper in my opinion. I did note that the transom had some soft spots?? Reaching through the square storage compartment door and pushing on the inside of the transom, I noted it "gave" as if it was hollow! From the outside, I could see noticable movement when pressing on the outside of the transom in the same area. I would say at least the first 12 inches from the corner of the hull towards the middle of the transom are this way. The door for the cabin is off, but accounted for. The top is there, but it was stowed and I wasn't interested enough in the boat to open it up to check it's condition. Judging from the brilliance of the blue canvas I would assume it was not very old.

The trailer is non original and has wheels on it off a Honda or something. The tires at best work but look funky cause they are undersized. Probably not rated for the load either.

If any of ya'll are interested, it is listed in the Greenville SC Craigslist. He seemed pretty stuck on the price as they had to find a trailer for it, and claimed they paid $6-700 for the trailer. They've only had it for about 6 months. Probably found out the engine was no good, and trying to unload it. Maybe I will rethink it later, but for the time being my search goes on. I'm not stuck on owning a SeaCraft, but love ya'lls enthusiasm for the brand. Love to hear from ya'll if one of you do buy it!

Boyce