1966 Seacraft

[David Bienvenu]

I was concerned at first with all that weight up front, 240 pounds of gas full + that aluminum tank weight. I took a chance anyhow since original was 20 gallons and 120 pounds and in "coonass" engineering dats one less lady rideing in the bow seat. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] Anyhow I took it out twice and all seems good. The boat floats slightly to the stern at the dock. The tank is where the original was, right under the bow seat, back against the step. Do you think that because this boat was outboard from the factory and rated for 185HP they used this tank set up? There was never a floor tank in the dry storage hole, which seems to be standard in IB/OB 19' Seacrafts. I've gotten plenty compliments on the way the boat cleaned up. People don't think it is a 1966 model. I hadn't heard of Seacraft prior to last October and found this web site afterwards. The boat looked so bad and was so old, the previous owner said he would "throw" the 38 year old boat, 32 year old trailer and 16 year old motor in if I bought the "boat shed" and took over the lease. Now I know what a deal I made! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]