My Brand New to me 1975 20 MA

[RUSTYNTABATHA]

Picked this up on last saturday from Tydall AFB and a very Nice young Raptor pilot in training selling it for a fellow Pilot to which i would like to say thanks if he ever see's this post !! i will give it a good home !!! Our 23 Sceptor will one day have the name Bill Money afixed to it.. and i think this one has become Bill Bait...

[Stauter99]

Good looking boat, congratulations. Looks to me like you are at the ramp at the end of marina road by robinson island?

[RUSTYNTABATHA]

yep.. kids wanted to go for a ride on it sunday since we didnt get home till late saturday from Panama City picking it up... Baby girl is holding the boat. Oldest daughter is backing the trailor in and i ran over to the other dock to get the picture in the water. Made the loop then out to the gulf... it was ruff and we got wet but it didnt pound 1 time !! the 20 MA rides very similar to our old 23 SF ... so im thinking T top and spray curtains..

[markskp]

Congrats on your new boat. She looks fantastic. I live in Mobile and can't wait for it to warm up. That area around Robinson island is one of my favorite places. Your a pilot too? I fly out of Mobile Regional flying Citations.

[strick]

That is one nice looking boat!

strick

[thehermit]

Originally Posted by strick

That is one nice looking boat!

strick

I have to agree. I have never owned one but these MA's look like a nice combination of the 20SF and 23SF.

Love the original Master Angler!

[FishStretcher]

I also own a '75 MA. I think yours looks really sharp with the contrasting cap and hull colors. Better than mine. It also sits nicely with a light 2 stroke.

[strick]

Originally Posted by thehermit

I have to agree. I have never owned one but these MA's look like a nice combination of the 20SF and 23SF.

Love the original Master Angler!

The only one I have ever been in was Tim's black one. With the high gunnels it felt just as if I was back in my 23. Great boat. Hard to find.

strick

[RUSTYNTABATHA]

Thank you fellow Suckers ...( i say this in kindness and understanding that we all have bought old and spent more than many of our friends with newer yet less seaworthy vessels.. lol) I actively hunted the 20 MA because i wanted the higher cap and after a little buffing last week the blue came out much better than expacted in the test spot.. so this week home i will be compounding and waxing the blue !! I am very excited !! as well as stopping on th way home to pick up a sheet of 3/4 starboard to replace the splashwell door and the doors on the console.. (already replaced the doors on the transome cooler and livewell) I ordered my Bennett M120 sport tabs yesterday and they should be in on wed when i get home !!! markskp I just ride ine the Helos not fly them.. i work offshore and used to ride in one all day.. i now only ride to and from the platform at the beginning and end of each week offshore... ( hope to see you around the island this year.. I posted in the gathering forum looking for interest in a gulfcoast event and hope to garner interest in one..) I am much more excitted about the boat then my wife due to a previous owner douching the floor with varnish (instead of removing the wood he tryed to do this with teh wood installed) and it looks bad where it was spilled and i cant figure out how to remove it with out ruining the gel coat untill i can paint the inside. Lots of money spent and parts ordered... My t top and Lowrance elite7 was shot down this past tues when i had to trade in my daughters z71 after putting a bandaid on the blown head gaskets so we could get her a car... maybe i can sell enough stuff around the house to come up with the coin for it before the end of summer.. and that is a long way off for us on Pleasure Island Alabama....

[eggsuckindog]

Looks very nice and clean, I would get sprayed in mine off the corners until I swapped to the Stilletto prop and all that went away - didn't look very rough is all. It made a huge difference