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Originally Posted by Erik
I showed my engine savvy friend a video of that Seacraft engine and he was not a fan. Lots of metallic clanging. I heard it too, but it's new to me...did sound scary though.  |
Can you post the video on here for some highly experienced ears to listen to? A compression check should reveal any ring problems. Suggest you PM Big Shrimpin to see what he would recommend for a good light older motor and a rough cost estimate, subtract that from the asking price, and make an offer for the boat and trailer, assuming the motor is about ready to blow up, and see what sort of deal you can make. I sold my old 1975 115 with about 1000 hrs on it with good compression for $500 back in 2006 before the economy and boat market went to hell.
BTW, it seems like most guys on this forum are mainly interested in fishing and want the CC models, so there is a lot less demand for the Seafari, and they generally go for quite a bit less money! Some rough "project boats" have even been given away for free on this site or sold for a few hundred $! This is in spite of the fact that only Moesly & Potter built the Seafari and only about 700 of them at that, while there were thousands of CC's built, by Moesly, Potter, SeaCraft Industries and Tracker up until the late 90's! I know demand drives price, but the lower Seafari prices always surprised me because when these boats were in production back in the 70's, a new Seafari was quite a bit more than a CC model, and they had the highest resale value of anything in their class. Their advertising at the time, which mentioned the resale value, ended with a statement that sounds exactly like something Carl Moesly would say, i.e.: "The price of a NEW boat tells you what the BUILDER thinks he can get for it. The price of a USED boat tells you what OTHER FOLKS think it's WORTH!" Have you priced a restored Bertram 31 lately?! Denny
03-14-2012, 03:21 PM
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