Seacraft sinking question

[PeteG]

Hello, I new here and I'm glad I was driected to this site by one of your members. This is a great site!.
My question is how does one sink a Seacraft? I'm told by BW enthusiasts they can sink (BW purists driving me nuts)....... I'm liking Seacraft and would like to purchase a 20'. If a Seacraft is foam filled, I believe i read, how could it sink? Could they mean swamp? Did someone put too heavy an engine on? Could it have been a bad modification? How could one sink a self bailing open CC boat? I dont know, I never had a self bailing boat. If swamped would the boat roll with or without an arch or tower? I own a whaler Montauk and love the boat but dont want to test. I need a better, softer ride as I grow older. I want to know more and find my "classic" ride.
Thanks, Pete

[eggsuckindog]

They sink when water gets in the bilge, they are not foam filled, they have a bilge. Bilge pumps that fail, or improper sealing of any bilge access panels and the pumps run until the battery dies, just a couple ideas. If you put a T Top on them just like any boat it raises the center of gravity, although I have had a ton of water in mine from 1 1/8 baitwell line and it was fine.

They are just jealous and want you to be shorter like them as their vertibrae compress - I will tell you flat out it would be another world for you on the ride.

[NoBones]

Welcome Pete,

Leave it those guys at Boston Bumper.com
They love there non sinkable boats, but sacrifice
on a soft ride.
When I restored my 20 SF, I foam filled every cavity
under the deck. It would be easy to do with cutting
in inspection ports then pour in the two part foam.

Everyone is loyal to what they like or love..

See ya, Ken

[Capt Chuck]

Welcome to CSC Petieboy

Post your pics after you score your SeaCraft.....

BTW: Any boat can sink given the right conditions
I bet the BW can't do this

[PeteG]

Thanks for the replies! This is refreshing and a great start to my search.
Pete

[JohnB]

I disagree about the BW ride. Once the foam between the liner and hull wicks up enough water, they ride like a ship, unfortnately, they become a displacement hull vs a planing hull. No design is perfect, although I believe the SeaCraft was pretty good at what it's designed to do. Most boats that have tops on them will turtle and float quite a while before they sink. With EPIRBS and the other safety gear that is available, the pitch BW makes isn't quite as compelling as it used to be.

[ocuyler]

BW - Been there, done than - new and classic. Other than the fact that they are both boats, it's apples and oranges...

[PeteG]

So, with the proper safety in mind, necessary equipment, knowing your boat and it's limitations and matching your boat to your needs, a good choice of boat can be made.
Just because my boat will float does not mean I should be out in a storm - no fun there.
I believe swamped or sinking in 8' sea still needs a life preserver and an epirb for survival. This would be the wrong time to be caught out with BW or Seacraft.
I think I like double hull and bilge instead of wet foam. I think almost all BW's have wet foam.
I want the performance and functionality of Seacraft.
I'm also tired of paying BW premium for everything.
Pete

[Bigshrimpin]

The scupper design is another reason for seacrafts sinking. The old brass tubes rot out and water leaks into the bilge. If you get an older seacraft . . . you must replace these . . . unless you got one that's plubbed out the transom . . . most aren't . . . and scupper drain straight out the bottom of the hull.

[Bryan A.]

Pete - Glad to see you made it over. As Big said the drain scuppers have a lot to to with the "sinkcraft" name.

Also plenty of 20's were made with 20" transoms because that was the technology of the time.

If you could find a 20 with a redone transom and redone drains you will be ahead of the game or look around the site and see how to build your own.

Welcome to CSC!!!!!!