Back in the Family 1981 23 SeaCraft

[Trayder]

It has been a few years since i have owned a SeaCraft, I needed a larger boat as many of you knew and I switched to another cult classic hull a few years back.

My family has always had sailboats (hence my username and boat name "Trayder") yes, I grew up since I was 8 days old on a sailboat and with family have sailed in many different seas in a few different countries. My folks still continue to sail but a big decision was made this past year and their 42' sailboat was put on the market and sold in a short amount of time. Keep in mind this boat was like family, purchased in 1991 and covered the waters from the Southern Bahamas to the shores of Canada "Pryde" was a member of the family and a well loved one at that. I could write a book of the lessons I learned on that boat and of the places we travelled but this post is not about that but about what just replaced her.

A few weeks after Pryde was sold I received a depressing phone call from my Father the jist of it was that he was bored and wanted to get back on the water. He water a powerboat (WHAT BLASPHEMY! I thought, did I hear that right? a Powerboat??) he wanted something that could take my mother and he to the many harbors around Cape cod and Buzzards Bay. This is an area where at 12noon it blows from the SW at 15-25 almost every day and kicks up a chop our favorite boats love to eat. As it happens, I had recently done my scouring of the local Craiglist ads and just down the street from them was a 1981 SC 23 with a 2007 225 etec with 90 hours.

I relay this info to pops and he checks it out, turns out the boat is unmolested, no T-top, never been painted, was re-fit in 2007 with new transom, fuel tank, and wiring, has decent electronics but needs some love, just general cleaning some re-wiring and the fuel tank hatch core was shot. As a bonus the owner was a neighbor of my parents and they struck a deal in short order.

So without any further babbling here is the new "Pryde" a 1981 23 SC with a 2007 Evinrude eTec