seacraft/potter hulls

[TCEd]

http://www.classicseacraft.com/brochures/mrmoesly/index.html

Anyone know of these boats ? They made some sweet hulls and I'm thinking of getting one as a project boat.
ed

 

[7xchamp]

http://www.classicseacraft.com/brochures/mrmoesly/index.html

Anyone know of these boats ? They made some sweet hulls and I'm thinking of getting one as a project boat.
ed

I used to race them. The original seacraft co. was founded by Carl Mosely and his wife Jean. Carl used to race his boats and caught the attention of Carl Kiekhaefer of mercury who bought several boats to race his outboards against the OMC offshore factory teams. I am talking about 1964 to 1968/69. We used to buy the hulls from Moesly without decks and build them out at lake X we had custom plywood decks glassed over, most all boats had tandem cockpits, the days before the throttleman position. I had my own factory boats. First was 21' with twin 110 in line 6`s next was 25' with triple 135 hp in line 6`s. Carl also built a 29' race boat. I believe it was 1968/9 when Bill Potter came in and bought the company from Carl, with the intention of mass production. The real Seacraft was Carl Moesly, Potter actually just produced what Carl had designed and built, he was not a designer or manufacturer, just happened into the industry. I became good friends with Bill and speak with him to this day. Bottom line, the Seacraft is still a great boat and has a pedigree background, here in Fla. people still seek them out and restore them. One of my favorites was a little 15' sport boat that they built, when I was a test driver for Merc. I ran one for many hours, we used to run the Renault 60 & 80 hp mercruiser packages, Freddie Kiekhaefer had one custom built with Mercruiser 140 hp that was really fun. Most of the 15`s were a color of Burnt Orange, if you ever find one let me know, I would love to have it. Good luck with a Seacraft, you cannot go wrong.

 

[TCEd]

7xchamp,
Thanks for the history. I'd like to find a 18-21' C.C. from the late 70's as a project.
ed

 

[sledge]

The last two links are searches for 18s and 20s.

http://miami.craigslist.org/pbc/boa/1237598111.html

http://miami.craigslist.org/pbc/boa/1243511322.html

http://miami.craigslist.org/brw/boa/1206889504.html

http://miami.craigslist.org/mdc/boa/1203108573.html

http://southjersey.en.craigslist.org/boa/1242031459.html

http://www.jaxed.com/cgi-bin/mash.c...loc=&fil=18&ys=1960&ye=1980&submit=++++go++++

http://www.jaxed.com/cgi-bin/mash.c...loc=&fil=20&ys=1960&ye=1980&submit=++++go++++

 

[Hannibal41]

great boats, have a 20, & 23 very fast very strong. Dry wide flare, great tracking
the 20 is for sale

 

[TCEd]

Sledge,
Thanks for the listings.

Hannibal41,
Your yellow C.C, is sweet. I saw it over on classicseacraft a few days ago.

ed

 

[stormrider]

I've seen some pics of a later 70s Seavette... very cool.

 

[Steve 1]

A friend of mine Dave Wilson (Ex OMC Racer) thought highly of them also.

 

[boostbros]

i have one its about 23 feet had a small block inside the center console set up as an inboard with all stainless running gear if interested i can send a few pics it was a project boat but i have to many of those now the tugboat takes all our time....boostbrosataoldotcom

 

[BradH]

I heard somewhere that the Tracker hulls from the 80s had the floor raised a couple of inches to help self-bail...and to eliminate the "sinkcraft" name. Good boats. I'll be looking for an 18 very shortly.

 

[lucky devil]

http://moeslyseacraft.com/SC21Brochure.aspx

 

[HPOffshore]

I just came-in from sea-trialing a 2006 21 Sailfish with a customer: that is a duplication/adaptation(splash?) of the SeaCraft hull form. Works pretty well. Siverhawk in NJ. also built a version of that design. They really seem to stand the test of time.
Hugh