JOHN R.

HOLD out fa the 23......you won't be sorry .


H.H.S.A

mmm, yip, Tonto here needs a 23 too :smash:

So what latest feet did she pull off? Rescue the deceased from the Titanic? :D

5'-6' sea's last night/w. white caps---full bore.....IT felt like I was sitting in the yard w/the boat on the trailer.:happy: :happy:

Then you should leave the trailer at the ramp attached to the truck instead of unhitching the trailer at the ramp and leaving it under the boat, get better speed too :p ;)

CS - that's S W E E T and why I want one :D , plus, it';; be safer for my son and the wife will have less chance of getting sea sick in the Bay

WIFE'S been out a few times ,[get's sea sick] , but not in this boat. An we been out in some snot too. now there's no getting away from her now:(

capesams---What boat do you have? Can you post a pic???:)

capesams, I'll be down your way this weekend. call me on my cell #

23 seacraft...........1979 c/c..........200o/b............doggie house

took on 12'sea's bass fishin...........dry as a bone ,caught fish ,came home, never gave it a 2nd thought. an I'm not one to play stupid when it come's to taking chances, not for a fish.

not ta get off the subject but the same time last night there were two boats out there in that 5-6' sea's..............14' tin boat w/3 people in it an a 8' rubber, 2 guy's, 6hp.................an you wonder, no brain's between the 5 of them.

IF it's ok by john , go to classicseacraft. com , look under s. sylver...........23's footer's

Steve, ever since I first saw a Seacraft on a trailor near my house, I always wanted one. That hull can't be improved on.
Someday,someday....... I may get me one.

I don't think Trayder will mind :D .... Classicseacraft is the "other" site for me ;)

http://www.classicseacraft.com/sylver23side.JPG

http://www.classicseacraft.com/sylver23bow.jpg

YAHHHH!!!! (like Lenny the Drunk :p )

Soon Bruce, I hope to be in one for next season...

A 20 Seacraft with a Suzi DF140 doodle

http://www.striped-bass.com/images/doodlin.jpg

45 yr's in the makin fa me bruce. your lookin at my casket, their goin ta put it an me in the ground cause I'm never going ta sell it.

dam john your fast & can draw too.

Sweet boat CS. I was driving behind a SeaCraft 23??? inboard (red hull) the other day on rt.1 . What an awesome, massive boat. I followed it for 30 minutes daydreaming and ended up in Conn.

YEH! it's the best eye candy there is..........I think she's a keeper.:D

Steve - that was a previous doodle while I was on the phone with a guy in SC on a 20SF in early spring... Now I'm sketchin' 23's

:happy: :happy: :happy: :happy:

Already have a name picked out, "Father's Day" as I hope to spend time with my son out on it....

I gotta tell ya true, find one already done. IT's lot's cheaper that way. $ for $. could have 2 fa what I spent on that 1.:smash:

Seacrafts are definitely worthy hulls of much love.

It may cost you more money in the long run doing a restoration, but then you get EXACTLY what you want. Beleive me, after owning a production boat, I'll definitely do a restoration (god no not wood) or a custom boat. There's just too many little factors that you miss out on otherwise.

Friend of the old man has a Seacraft 23 down in Sandwich basin, the house is actually a porta potty from the power plant that he decided would make a nice doghouse for the boat... ;)

Cheers
Ted

now thats what I call a sea crapper............good show.........ah! does he want ta sell it?

How about that! A DogHouse with a crapah everyone can enjoy :btu:


Now here's a damn sweet 20 that one of the guys on classicseacraft just finished!

http://www.momentoffame.com/snapshots/MomentOfFame/l19200.jpg

Thats definitely a gorgeous job refurbing that Sea Craft...

Its great to see em now and then or have the Mako sitting next to one down at the Shipyard and not be able to compare vintage... ;)

And I think you'd need to pry the seacraft a la crappah from his cold dead hands :smash:

That man can still come out of the canal and one cast a keeper...

Some people are just meant to be legends :o

I love sea-crafts...they can take a hell of a beating. Nice ride. Needs lots of power and fuel to move that V but it is worth it.

I am thinking of getting a 31 Ocean Master or 30' Black Watch this winter...we'll see how the budget looks post Xmas.

Ohhh - And another one that just finished - a 1971 20 CC:

Before:
http://www.classicseacraft.com/Stbside.JPG

After:
http://209.151.73.151/classicseacraft/hammer/20sc_1.jpg

Here is some more pics:

http://209.151.73.151/classicseacraft/hammer/hammer2.shtml

http://209.151.73.151/classicseacraft/hammer/hammer3.shtml

http://209.151.73.151/classicseacraft/hammer/hammer4.shtml

OH MY!...............dreams do come true, great job, no ...a job well done by all.:happy: :happy:

John you gotta be kiddin me !! That 20' cc is the same boat !!! What a fantastic restoration - any idea what the cost was to get it to current condition ?

John not to out do you with Hammer's boat pics but I must pay homage to my Mentor "The Other Tom" and show pics of his 25 Whitewater:


He turned this-
http://www.classicseacraft.com/wwater%20before%20full%20shot%20inside.jpg




Into This-
http://www.classicseacraft.com/wwaterfullviewonliftstbdside.jpg

http://www.classicseacraft.com/pan%20view%20port%20bow%20wwater.jpg

Yowzaaah!!

So sweet :btu: - didn't he do a nice 23 as well?

Don't you just love it when a plan comes together. And yes, their far better than when they were new. These boats you can truly call your OWN.

John there is a 23 for sale in Quincy wants 5g's. I have'nt seen it but I believe it was being used recently.

What???????? Not the "Litle Sister's Charters" boat (picture hanging on Ron's shop's door? )- it's not a real Seacraft - heck, it's hardly an imitation... A 22 Pequot I think

Boy, I have to wipe the drool off my face now ;-). I have loved those seacrafts since I worked at Outermost a number of years. We had a lot of customers who ran them. Some day.

Interesting quote I ran across just today in an ariticle online on Sportfishing Mag.com about small boats the author quoted:


"Bill Potter, boat builder and designer of the original Sea Craft and Hobie Power Skiff hulls"

This was news to me and I own one of the Hobie Power skiffs. So I guess I can consider it my 'little sea craft' at 15ft. Maybe if I nurture it it will grow up to be a nice big 23' footer ;-).

By the way I love the yellow!

Specialist:
Stop doing that, ya just made me come outta my chair.

a 23' seacraft fa for 5 ............be still my heart.

sorry :(

Yeah I guess thats it, I saw it in the want ads. Is'nt that like advertising the car for 9000, and then saying you sold it when I get there to look at it? By the way I love you boat too. Do you wear the mask while out and about on that fine machine?:D

Jeff - they are sweet boats :D - My understanding is that a fellow named Carl Mosley started the company and hired a specific naval architect to design the original 19' hull. Potter purchased the company in 68 and had it for more than a decade. The time under his lead was when the company flourished, released the 23 footers and all of the other models (including the SeaVette - a go fast on a SC23 hull). He then sold the company but still works in a lot of marine apps and some seacraft related stuff... Seacraft is now owned by the Bass Pro Shops people along with Mako...

There is a lot of cool stuff on Trayder's site: http://classicseacraft.com

Steve - that boat (the pequod) has been for sale for months, 6 maybe more - and it ain't a Seacraft...

Bill - no prob. His add is very misleading saying it's "like a 23 SC" but it's not...

John, thanks for the link I will check it out. I am a boat nut anyway. Not too many that I don't like.

John I cannot get that link to come up?

works for me.... :smash: :smash:

GET me a docking line an I'll string that ***** up.

Or better yet ,lets draggem behind a real seacraft bleedin, fa shark bait don't ya know.

outermost still has quite a few in their slips. I got my eye on one:D

So your a SeaCraft Ho? :eek:

I got my eye on one

If its the navy blue 19 or 20footer (can't remember the exact length) then you might think twice on that. Found that one sunk in its slip a number of times. May be fine now but for a while we couldn't determine what the cause was. I think his insurance company dropped him at one point. You know the old Sinkcraft syndrom.

John, my browser at home must be too old to support that website as if comes up just fine at work. Thanks again.

Hey CapeMonstah, what do you mean "outermost still has quite a few in their slips. I got my eye on one"????

Yer killin' me :smash: :smash:

"SinkCrafts" Ouch that stung!:p

Sorry about the site it does appear to be in a "down" state at the moment. It may have sunk, hehe sorry had to throw that in.

I will get working on it asap.

For the record though I have never seen so many SeaCrafts as I have out in Cape Cod Bay. While fishing there 2 weeks ago I counted over 20 23 fters and 5-6 20's. Mind you this was when the 25-30 not NE wind was blowing and I saw all of the 23's of of Billingsgate.

They are sharp looking boats and the ride....well you really have to go for a ride in one to understand.

Trayder - we'll talk in a month about me hosting your site for a little better uptime - I'm about to upgrade my hosting again :D :D :D .....

THERE's a little # down there that looks like she just had the covers pulled off, not a blem anywhere. I think she's a 6 i/o, sits to high in the water for a v8 , came over from martha's, know the man who owns her...........just waitin an then I'll pounce on it like mung to a fishin line.

Boats suck:smash: sorry:rolleyes:

Soz plugs.........give me a eel anytime:D

hole in the water ha ha:smash:

OH! ..........but what hole she is:D

nantucket yesterday:D

cod fish taday:D

i hate u:smash: :D just kidding bubba......
cheater:laughs:

"SAY NO TO DRUGS"
drugs are no good & kill lives

SOZ standen to close ta your back side:laughs:


LETS see [sat] boat ride.

3 kinds whales
cod
dollfin [porppasay's]
an a big school of little tunne
an 1 - 30' fishin boat[lobster] high an dry on s. beach:eek:
skulpen
doggies
searobin
1 large rock w/1 big barnakle
1 black sea bass
an lots of my butties [petrels]

Yeah, boats suck..............;)

Im gonna fart on U:laughs:

WAIT!!!!!!!! let me git my litta

Regarding those seacrafts down at Outermost, the blue one (blue goose) is a 19 but there is a red one(soltice) right across that's a 20 both owned by a friends of mine. The two of them take those bad larry's out in some hairy stuff. Steve you must be talking about that 23' that doesn't have a ttop or anything on it. Tell me what you think about that 23' with the funky center console ttop with a little eagles nest...

Did ya see this story in today's CCT's about that beached boat:

Worker dies at salvage scene
A state employee trying to help with a grounded fishing boat in Chatham is fatally stricken.

By JOHN LEANING
STAFF WRITER
CHATHAM - A state worker was fatally stricken yesterday while he was trying to assist a grounded fishing vessel on South Beach.

The victim, whose identity was being withheld last night until police could notify his family, worked with the state Department of Environmental Protection.

He was driving a department vehicle when the four-wheel drive Suburban suddenly veered into the surf at about 6:15 p.m. yesterday.

Chatham firefighters, who were leading the worker to the stranded boat, along with Harbor Master Stuart Smith, pulled him from the vehicle. He was taken to Cape Cod Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Smith said in a interview from the beach that one moment the state truck was following the fire department vehicle, and the next minute it was in the water. He said at one point the state truck had surf crashing over its roof. The incident happened as the tide still had more than two hours to drop, giving workers a chance to pull the vehicle free before high tide returned.

The tide also aided efforts to pump an estimated 200 gallons of diesel fuel from the No Worries, a 40-foot boat, which grounded on the ocean side of South Beach Friday.

Vessel owner David Stein, who could not be reached for comment yesterday, had been unable to get any of the fuel pumped off the boat after it grounded Friday.

That is what Smith, assisted by contractors from Clean Harbors, intended to do last night, to avoid environmental damage from a spill.

The wreckage of the fishing boat was starting to break up in the heavy surf, Smith said.

Observing the operation were officers from the Coast Guard's Marine Safety Office Cape Cod Field Office.

MSO investigators want to know why the boat started taking on water Friday, which is why Stein, who was believed to be operating, intentionally beached the vessel, Smith said.

The harbor master said the owner, or his insurance company, will be responsible for the removal and any related cleanup costs, which could be between $10,000 to $15,000.

So far, Smith said, there had not been any serious environmental problems related to the stranded vessel which is on the ocean side of South Beach, roughly four miles south of Chatham Light.

Absolute shame about the fatality. I was out there yesterday about 50 yards off south beach around 6pm, pretty crazy site. The captain had taken absolutely everything off the boat including the entire superstructure. Gotta respect the power of the ocean.

Hey jeffsod, did you leave OM when Linda and hubby sold the place?

Squiddy;.............that's the 1...they use it for fun, you know just ta go ta church in, as for the nest , we get lots of fog there, funny looking , but it works.


JEFSOD: ..........thats the beast,that time in the morn. theres not much light, an I didn't feel like windden up on the beach myself, so I didn't get that close to her.............tx fa the info.

Hey jeffsod, did you leave OM when Linda and hubby sold the place?

Actually, just shortly before they sold. They couldn't keep me busy in the winter months so when I got offered a steady job with benefits off cape I had to take it. Used to stop in a lot when they still owned it though. Some of my best memories of the place are from before the break back when there was still a big mooring field at Andrew Hardings and we could sail (and powerboat) from Outermost all the way to Pleasent Bay. One day on a light steady west wind the owners son and I had a hobie 16 flying a hull (with him on the wire) from the weather dome past ministers point in one straight tack.

I guess they call those the old days now, when north beach was 11 miles long ,what a place ta fish . You could take an hour going down to the point an 10 min. back at low water doin 60 in the truck. thats when the bay was full of life [fish] gone now are those days of great:(

That's pretty cool, what are the chances of that breakin' through in the next decade and shutting off OM? Back in the day there used to be alot more character to the place, now it's like driving into one of those new housing developments with cookie cutter houses. Welcome to Grady White Village. Tom and Linda used to treat people well down there. As soon as they sold it, Frank said that he wouldn't renew our slip unless we bought a Grady White from him. Ended up selling the regulator and had to drop out of the game for a year. Got back into it though 2 years ago going the boat by trailer route. Are you friendly with the Hemmindingers and Rydells at all?

BOB & KATHY ?

Hey Steve, now that commerical season is over do you do the tuna dance with the rest of the mosquitos?

Hemmindingers and Rydells Know their faces well but I can't say I know them really other than from seeing them come and go. Agree on the character being gone for sure. I was talking to a guy in town this spring who told me he had been on Tom & Linda's waiting list and stopped in after the buyout and was floored to find out the new owners threw the waiting list out the window. As you mentioned the only way in now is to plunk down a huge wade of cash on a Grady.

NOPE....................COD, all 200#'s , thats 1-3/4 totes full, thats all us hook & liner's can have[jiggers]. .......us little guys are really goin ta wape them out..........NOT///////.