SeaCraft Owner List

[Islandtrader]

Nice !

[cdlong]

1986

[Gofishguy]

1985 sea craft c.f. restorer with 150 mercury four stroke

[JUST JOHN]

1977 SeaCraft Seafari 20, w/ 2004 Johnson 150hp o/b, NY.

Hello everyone!
My brother and I grew up on this boat known as "Twosome". My parents bought it from a neighbor in the summer of '79, and now a third generation (my 2 kids) are enjoying taking it to Fire Island with me, as I did with my parents. The folks recently moved away from their waterfront house on Long Island and now it resides on a trailer in my driveway, instead of staying in the water seasonally. I've begun getting her ready for the boating season and making some much needed repairs to both the trailer and boat...

I plan to dig up old pictures of "Twosome", sharing some of the boats history, and make a formal introduction at some point, as well as a thread to document the repairs and improvements since my ownership...

My kids, mom, and boat last season:

[manitunc]

Bought this baby in February. It was completely gutted and all parts except the original hull replaced with Coosa. the guy who did the work had some strange and wrong ideas, like not supporting the floor/side connection very well, which resulted in some cracking along that joint, but otherwise no issues. Oh yeah, no drain for the front box whose hatch isnt waterproof and next to no chases or access to run new cables or wiring. But it runs like a scalded dog, handles great and I can ignore most cosmetic issues.

[jtharmo]

Originally Posted by JUST JOHN

My kids, mom, and boat last season:

Great photo John. That's looks like my crew on the yellow '78 I bought last year. We are on the Great Lakes so we share the water with Canada. I would always say when we left the dock we will be in Canadian water so put the cell phones away or we would get hit with crazy roaming charges. Of course I was laying but it worked every time. We actually hung out with each other.

[JUST JOHN]

Originally Posted by SSPBill

Great photo John. That's looks like my crew on the yellow '78 I bought last year. We are on the Great Lakes so we share the water with Canada. I would always say when we left the dock we will be in Canadian water so put the cell phones away or we would get hit with crazy roaming charges. Of course I was laying but it worked every time. We actually hung out with each other.

Thanks Bill, that's funny about the cell phone warning!

[jtharmo]

I think this is an excellent idea. I have been thinking of asking the group’s appetite to formalize a model registry database. After I lost my ’78 Seafari, I found another ’78 for sale right down the road from where I bought my 1st one the year prior. I didn’t buy it by the way. I looked back at production numbers for that year and the total was 22 outboard Seafari's and 41 total. So that got me searching on how many other ‘78’s I could find by using the search tool and Google. I think I only found only 2 or 3 more or only 12% of the fleet.

As time moves forward on these old girls a registry would be nice as evidence of how many survived, been put back into service and, over time, ownership history. I should preface this by say I can’t offer to maintain something like this. Just thought it was a nice idea.

[jtharmo]

I just realized I responded to a 2002 post!!! The very first in this thread. However, I think its still a good idea.

[Old Goat]

Originally Posted by SSPBill

I think this is an excellent idea. I have been thinking of asking the group’s appetite to formalize a model registry database. After I lost my ’78 Seafari, I found another ’78 for sale right down the road from where I bought my 1st one the year prior. I didn’t buy it by the way. I looked back at production numbers for that year and the total was 22 outboard Seafari's and 41 total. So that got me searching on how many other ‘78’s I could find by using the search tool and Google. I think I only found only 2 or 3 more or only 12% of the fleet.

As time moves forward on these old girls a registry would be nice as evidence of how many survived, been put back into service and, over time, ownership history. I should preface this by say I can’t offer to maintain something like this. Just thought it was a nice idea.

Originally Posted by SSPBill

I just realized I responded to a 2002 post!!! The very first in this thread. However, I think its still a good idea.

I agree Bill.