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There is so much mis-information about Potter designed molds and SeaCraft boats in general that its kind of funny.
Carl Mosely designed the original seacrafts, the variable deadrise hull they are known for. Bill Pptter purchased the company from Mosley in 1968. Potter left the company and it went to CSY in 1979 and them Tracker/Johnie Moriss bought it from them in the mid 80's. The first Tracker boats gave SeaCraft such a bad name that in the late 80's all the molds were Suposivly destroyed, literally run over by bulldozers and then buried.
The new SeaCrafts, STILL owned by Tracker/Johnie Moriss with a tad of Brunswick thrown in.... are actually Splash molded boats from the original 1970-1980 hulls. This is kind of humerous because boats like- Sailfish, Key Largo, Nauset islander, Palm Beach, Cape Cod 26, and the Silverhawk are also splash mold renditions of the 1970-1980 SeaCraft hulls.
One other funny tid bit is I often see people with SeaCrafts of 1980 or later vintage advertising them for sale as Potter built boats. NOPE Bill Potter left bought SeaCraft in 1968 and left in 1979.
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