Is this a Seacraft?

[carlin]

Thank you FOR-ROCH! info is in line with what I have from other sources. Any aditional info/links? Adress to the Seabird forum?

Carl

[carlin]

Found it! Seabird Owners Forum

[JAL]

I have an older '23 Seabird sitting around for a restoration. I'm pretty sure the boat in your photos is an old 'Bird. They were built in Hialeah Florida, thought to be advanced for their time. They used a lot of end grain balsa as coring materials, and a balsa cored bottom, no stringers but an inner liner. They have a 24° Deadrise at the transom with wide chines, not a variable deadrise hull like a SeaCraft, but a good hull for rough water. The hulls were similar in shape to the Formula 233's, which were built in the same area and time frame. 'Birds were built from the mid 60's to around 1980 or early '80's. Some visuals from your photos that make it look like a 'Bird are the curved gunnells at the transom, Carolina flared bow, and the cut outs on the sides of the inside liner.

[ScottM]

Carlin,
Based on the cutouts in the hull liner up in the bow and along the sides towards the stern, plus the slightly down-turned shearline in the bow, it appears to be a Seabird V-24 Mariner. I have the same boat (1972), although not nearly in as nice a condition as this one. The ride is outstanding! I have a single '89 Johnson 225 on mine and it moves along very good - 27 knots cruise, 35 knots WOT. Check the deck on this boat since it is balsa cored. You might have some wet/rotten areas. Although it appears as if this boat has been either very well maintained or restored at some point. Good luck with it if you choose to buy her.