25' Potter CC?

[thehermit]

You may want to keep an eye out for an older 27.

There is one in my neighborhood thats been for sale on and off.....a SeaVilla

[strick]

The 25 is a sharp looking hull and it would convert to a cc easily however it is kinda short back near the stern with the cap off. For safety (due to the deep V) you would want to raise it some like the one Big Fluke now owns....not to say that a Master angler cap style would take away from the lines very much...you would have to do some drawings first and see I guess. Personally I think it would be easier to just take a 23cc and make it a little longer if that is what you are after raher then taking a 25 and cutting down stringers, making a new cap, modifying the inside of the boat etc..etc...There were a couple of fellas on ClassicMako that added length to their 23 makos and they turned out very nice. I would also hate to see a 25 seafari get chopped up like that.

strick

[workinpr0gress]

Wish there were some plug boats around.

[Fr. Frank]

With the boat business as slow as it is, it would be pretty inexpensive right now to make a plug off an existing hull. I know Monterey boats in Williston just 25 miles up the road from me is doing a lot of overhauling and customizing of older boats just to keep the doors open.

Likewise, Pro-Line here in town has laid off more than half their workforce, and is also doing extra stuff to bring in cash flow. I know one of the Vice Pres. there (He is a former SeaCraft owner). I'll call him and get a ballpark figure for popping a rigid hull mold off a 25' or 27' SeaCraft would cost there at Pro-Line, assuming the hull was prepped first. I'll try to post the $$$ later today.

[kerneltugboat]

Thats a good pont, another option would be a hull from an Albin 26 CC (Cape Cod Marine Inboard Diesel) Rumor was the boat was made from a 23 Seacraft stretched to 26' and the tunnel was from a Proline. They also raised the gunnels about 3" They were making a Duoprop version with no pocket, so the mold does exist. Sounds like exactly what he needs.

[workinpr0gress]

No need for all that Fr.Frank...thanks though.. This is something that might take me a while for me to digest. Lengthening a 23 hull seems like it might accomplish what I want. I can do all the work myself. I heard through the grapevine, supposedly someone I used to fish with has some idea where there is a plug for a Silverhawk. But the guy is in Mexico and I haven't talked to him in forever. Blah Blah Blah. I know how that BS goes. I don't want a whole hull layed up I would really just want the hull they made the mold off of. I dunno.

[Bigshrimpin]

I don't know if he's still around, but "Noankbill" had lengthened a 23 to 26 in his shop. In 2004 he told me that the mold was still around behind a buddies shop.

[joshmon71]

the albin 26 is a stretched 23 seacraft...used to be capecodmarine think they sold the mold? not a fully glassed boat at least the older ones, cored partial bottoms and sides. they used glass in areas of thru hulls.were built well by CC Marine and hear same on Albins but 3rd hand. Personally id rather have no coring of the hull, but there have been zero issues with these boats, and that is not an uncommon way to build boats and saves on weight. They are in tough price point, and the look of final product is a bit on commercial side at that price of the older ones. Perosnally I like them a lot, but not enough to pay 2.5X3X my current 23 OB on a bracket 4S. I'd be sitting in a down east duffy 26 or 31 at that price . But then you would be leaving me in your wake eating spray with one of these rigs. Deadrise is listed at 24 degrees which is not a 23 deadrise though at transom.

At least 2-3 for sale on Lower Cape Cod I think still but not looked at them recently.

Be glad to go take pics of an albin26 or cape cod marine 26 if you like if still sitting there...These were designed as single screw diesels to go offshore giant tuna fishing in, fast, drift and handle well in seas with variable dead rise, and be able to pull the fish thru a door no winch. Pure fishing .