1977 SeaCraft 23 Center Console restored

[ABillC]

For many of us, owning a Potter SeaCraft 23 CC is neither our first boat, or our only boat, and for a few, it is not their largest boat. We own these boats because we know they will take us out and get us back home, safety, in style and most often, well ahead of the crowd…. Just restating the obvious in this forum.

During this project, several onlookers have said, “Bill, you are selling this boat and it is not even finished”. My reply “Yes, purposely so!”. My idea with this boat is to provide a SeaCraft 23 center console as a blank pallet ready to be customized by the new owner. By the time someone is in a position to look for a 23 SeaCraft, they know what they want, and most importantly, what they don’t want!

How many times have we found the boat of dreams and then say, while it may be a nice boat, it has twin small gray engines and I want a big single white engine, and what were they thinking when they installed that ugly T-Top, those electronics are ancient, and look at that deck/gunnel/console, it is so full of screw holes it looks like Swiss Cheese? Sound familiar? This boat provides a solution. All the hard work is done, add what you want.

As example, with a price point in the mid-twenties, a new owner can rig a new large single (e.g. 250HP) quickly, easily and likely stay under $45 - $50K. Albeit a basic rig, you can be out fishing in about a month. Add a T-top, electronics or anything else later. Try to match a SeaCraft 23 Center Console capabilities with new power with anything close and you need to think six figures plus!

Bottom Line: Stay in the mid-20s and take home a very nice SeaCraft 23 CC.

Tight Lines,
ABillC