A SeaCraft owner again!

[Fr. Frank]

Thanks Tim. I have it listed on Uship to get bids on shipping it here rather than driving up and back. I have to get it out of the owner's yard by the end of August, and it has no trailer. I was worried I might have to pay to have someone put it on a trailer and move it to a storage lot and block it up if I cannot get it shipped in a timely manner.

I have a 19-21 single axle aluminum drive-on trailer here to put it on. My 20' Chaparral is in the water, and the trailer sits empty, so it's ready for the Seafari.

Previous owner is the 2nd owner, having bought the boat in 1976. He says everything works, but it has only been run on a hose quarterly or so from 2002 to 2010, when it was winterized, and he thinks the manifold and riser need to be replaced, as well as the impeller. I'll just do a major service on the motor and drive, including bellows and gaskets, etcetera.

The fuel upon which the motor was last run in the spring of 2011 was put in the tank back in 2002, (along with regular Stabil or Seafoam, again he's unsure), but the motor started right up 8 1/2 years later, he said. He says the tank is over 3/4 full, and it is the 28 gallon tank. I'll need to drain that and inspect it. Fuel tank was replaced with a new aluminum tank in 1995, same time as the transom was re-cored and trim tabs added. he's not sure, but he thinks the new tank was not foamed in place.

Water Rat, he says the galley seat was there behind the helm when he bought the boat in '76.

He also said the original engine wiring insulation is getting brittle, and it needs to have a complete new harness made for the motor. (The boat wiring was replaced in '96).

The canvas Navy top is custom made by the PO himself and his wife, and dates from around '96 or '97. I wouldn't know how to copy it, but if you really want to copy it, I'll lay it out and take extensive photos when I get it here.

I'll keep you all updated. Right now, I wait anxiously....